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Writers suing Google over copyright proposed 'defective' class, US judge says

By Amy Miller ( April 21, 2025, 23:03 GMT | Insight) -- Writers suing Google for illegally using their copyrighted works to train its AI models have proposed a “defective” definition for class membership, US District Judge Eumi K. Lee in San Jose, California, said. Their definition creates a "fail-safe class" and improperly ties class membership to elements of their infringement claim, she said, granting Google’s motion-to-strike. Writers suing Google for illegally using their copyrighted works to train its AI models have proposed a “defective” definition for class members, a US judge in Silicon Valley said today....

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