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Before retiring, Tim Cook sued in copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit for Apple’s AI training on copyrighted works. 5th copyright shareholder derivative suit total.

Tim Cook, Apple Inc.'s chief executive officer, was sued in a copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit before his retirement at the end of August, marking the fifth such suit in the United States. The lawsuit alleges that Apple's directors and officers approved copyright infringement related to AI training on copyrighted works, exposing the company to substantial liability. Similar suits have been filed against executives at NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Adobe.

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Before retiring, Tim Cook sued in copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit for Apple’s AI training on copyrighted works. 5th copyright shareholder derivative suit total.
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**Before Tim Cook heads off into retirement at the end of August, he was just sued in a copyright shareholder derivative suit, the 5th such lawsuit in the United States. **

I’ve coined this term to describe shareholder derivative lawsuits under securities law that are based on the allegation that the directors and officers (D&O) approved copyright infringement, exposed the company to substantial risk of copyright liability, or made material misrepresentations about such conduct to conceal or minimize that risk.

The other companies’ executives sued under similar theories: NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Adobe.

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chatgptiseatingtheworld.com — original article OpenAI sued by textbook authors Michael Sullivan. Total copyright cases = 132. Anthropic adds watermark to Claude-generated content Meta becomes the heavyweight in US open-weight models
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