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- **Statutes** — [Fair use (17 U.S.C. § 107)](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/STAT-USC-107.md), [DMCA § 512](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/STAT-DMCA-512.md), [CFAA § 1030](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/STAT-CFAA-1030.md), [IEEPA](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/STAT-IEEPA.md), [California Digital Age Assurance Act](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/STAT-CA-DIGITAL-AGE-ASSURANCE-ACT.md), [Texas App Store Accountability Act](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/STAT-TX-APP-STORE-ACCOUNTABILITY.md)
- **Age verification litigation** — [CCIA v. Paxton (Texas SB 2420)](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-CCIA-V-PAXTON-SB2420.md)
- **Copyright cases** — [Lenz v. Universal](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-LENZ-V-UNIVERSAL.md), [Google v. Oracle](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-GOOGLE-V-ORACLE.md)
- **Copyright and generative AI** — [Thaler v. Perlmutter](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-THALER-V-PERLMUTTER.md), [Bartz v. Anthropic](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-BARTZ-V-ANTHROPIC.md), [Kadrey v. Meta](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-KADREY-V-META.md); full map on [Copyright and Generative AI](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-COPYRIGHT.md)

### [Topics](knowledge/topics.md)

Concept and case-study pages (`TOPIC-*`), separate from court opinions and statutes:

- **Constitutional doctrine** — [First Amendment](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-FIRST-AMENDMENT.md), [Fourth Amendment](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-FOURTH-AMENDMENT.md), [Code as Speech](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-CODE-AS-SPEECH.md), [Device search and anti-forensics](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-DEVICE-SEARCH.md)
- **Copyright and platforms** — [Fair use and video](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-FAIR-USE-VIDEO.md), [DMCA takedown response](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-DMCA-TAKEDOWN-RESPONSE.md), [Safe Harbor](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-SAFE-HARBOR.md), [Intermediary Liability](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY.md)
- **Copyright and generative AI** — [Copyright and Generative AI](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-COPYRIGHT.md), [Music copyright and generative AI](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-MUSIC-COPYRIGHT.md), [AI litigation landscape](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION.md), [Brain rot and meme characters](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-BRAIN-ROT.md)
- **Computer crime and access** — [Computer Fraud and Abuse](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-COMPUTER-FRAUD.md)
- **Encryption and access** — [End-to-end encryption and compelled access](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-END-TO-END-ENCRYPTION.md)
- **Age verification** — [App store and OS age-verification laws](generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-APP-STORE-AGE-VERIFICATION.md)
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- [`CASE-LENZ-V-UNIVERSAL`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-LENZ-V-UNIVERSAL.md): **Lenz v. Universal** — fair use consideration before DMCA takedown notices.
- [`CASE-GOOGLE-V-ORACLE`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-GOOGLE-V-ORACLE.md): **Google v. Oracle** — fair use of Java API declaring code in Android.

## Decided Cases: Copyright and Generative AI

District-court and one appellate holdings. Landscape pages: [Copyright and Generative AI](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-COPYRIGHT.md) and [Music Copyright and Generative AI](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-MUSIC-COPYRIGHT.md).

- [`CASE-THALER-V-PERLMUTTER`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-THALER-V-PERLMUTTER.md): **Thaler v. Perlmutter** (D.C. Cir. 2025) — Copyright Act requires a human author; registration refused for a work listed as authored solely by a generative system.
- [`CASE-THOMSON-REUTERS-V-ROSS`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-THOMSON-REUTERS-V-ROSS.md): **Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence** (D. Del. 2025) — fair use rejected for a competing non-generative legal-research tool trained on Westlaw headnotes.
- [`CASE-BARTZ-V-ANTHROPIC`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-BARTZ-V-ANTHROPIC.md): **Bartz v. Anthropic** (N.D. Cal. 2025–2026) — training Claude on purchased books held transformative fair use; a pirated permanent library was not; piracy claims later settled.
- [`CASE-KADREY-V-META`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-KADREY-V-META.md): **Kadrey v. Meta** (N.D. Cal. 2025) — fair-use summary judgment for Llama training on that authors’ record; torrenting-distribution claims left open.
- [`CASE-GEMA-V-OPENAI`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-GEMA-V-OPENAI.md): **GEMA v. OpenAI** (LG München I 2025) — first-instance German judgment that memorized song lyrics in models 4 and 4o were unauthorized reproductions; not final.

## Pending Cases: Copyright and Generative AI

- [`CASE-NYT-V-OPENAI`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-NYT-V-OPENAI.md): **The New York Times v. Microsoft / OpenAI** (S.D.N.Y.) — publisher copyright claims largely survived dismissal; no fair-use merits holding.
- [`CASE-UMG-V-SUNO`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-UMG-V-SUNO.md): **UMG v. Suno** (D. Mass.) — major-label sound-recording suit; Warner dismissed with prejudice; UMG and Sony remain; fair use pleaded, not decided.
- [`CASE-UMG-V-UDIO`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-UMG-V-UDIO.md): **UMG / Sony v. Udio** (S.D.N.Y.) — parallel master-recording suit; UMG and Warner dismissed without prejudice; Sony filed a 2026 follow-on action.
- [`CASE-CONCORD-V-ANTHROPIC`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-CONCORD-V-ANTHROPIC.md): **Concord v. Anthropic** (N.D. Cal.) — publisher lyric claims; secondary infringement and DMCA CMI survived a second motion to dismiss.
- [`CASE-SPYDER-V-MEMENTUM`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-SPYDER-V-MEMENTUM.md): **Spyder Games v. Mementum Lab** (N.D. Cal.) — declaratory action on whether AI-generated “brainrot” characters are copyrightable. See [Brain Rot](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-BRAIN-ROT.md).

## Pending Cases: AI Chatbot Product Liability

- [`CASE-GARCIA-V-CHARACTER-TECHNOLOGIES`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-GARCIA-V-CHARACTER-TECHNOLOGIES.md): **Garcia v. Character Technologies** (M.D. Fla.) — wrongful-death and product-liability claims against a chatbot company; speech defense not established at the pleading stage. Inventory: [AI Litigation Landscape](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION.md).

## Landmark Cases: Sanctions and Cryptocurrency Privacy Software

- [`CASE-VAN-LOON-V-TREASURY`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/CASE-VAN-LOON-V-TREASURY.md): **Van Loon v. Treasury** (5th Cir. 2024) — Tornado Cash immutable smart contracts are not IEEPA “property.”
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## Related Topics

Concept and inventory pages live on the [Topics](topics.md) browse page, including [App Store and Operating System Age-Verification Laws](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-APP-STORE-AGE-VERIFICATION.md), [Documented Proceedings Involving Software Authors and Operators](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-DEVELOPER-SOFTWARE-LIABILITY.md), Tornado Cash, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, code as speech, fair use and video, DMCA takedown response, safe harbor, intermediary liability, and computer fraud. Related historical events include the [Zimmermann / PGP investigation](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/EVENT-ZIMMERMANN-PGP-INVESTIGATION.md), the [OFAC Blender.io designation](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/EVENT-OFAC-BLENDER-2022.md), the [FISA Amendments Act of 2008 legislative override](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/EVENT-FISA-AMENDMENTS-ACT-2008.md), and the [2026 FSB charges against Pavel Durov / Telegram](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/EVENT-FSB-DUROV-TELEGRAM-2026.md).
Concept and inventory pages live on the [Topics](topics.md) browse page, including [Copyright and Generative AI](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-COPYRIGHT.md), [Music Copyright and Generative AI](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-MUSIC-COPYRIGHT.md), [AI Litigation Landscape](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION.md), [App Store and Operating System Age-Verification Laws](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-APP-STORE-AGE-VERIFICATION.md), [Documented Proceedings Involving Software Authors and Operators](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-DEVELOPER-SOFTWARE-LIABILITY.md), Tornado Cash, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, code as speech, fair use and video, DMCA takedown response, safe harbor, intermediary liability, and computer fraud. Related historical events include the [Zimmermann / PGP investigation](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/EVENT-ZIMMERMANN-PGP-INVESTIGATION.md), the [OFAC Blender.io designation](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/EVENT-OFAC-BLENDER-2022.md), the [FISA Amendments Act of 2008 legislative override](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/EVENT-FISA-AMENDMENTS-ACT-2008.md), and the [2026 FSB charges against Pavel Durov / Telegram](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/EVENT-FSB-DUROV-TELEGRAM-2026.md).

## Why This Matters

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- [`TOPIC-SAFE-HARBOR`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-SAFE-HARBOR.md): **Safe Harbor** — online service provider liability protections, including copyright safe harbor.
- [`TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-INTERMEDIARY-LIABILITY.md): **Intermediary Liability** — when platforms, providers, or other intermediaries may be responsible for user or third-party content or conduct.

## Copyright and Generative AI

Start with the landscape pages; they link out to individual case records.

- [`TOPIC-AI-COPYRIGHT`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-COPYRIGHT.md): **Copyright and Generative AI** — human authorship of outputs, fair use of training corpora, and the current district-court split.
- [`TOPIC-AI-MUSIC-COPYRIGHT`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-MUSIC-COPYRIGHT.md): **Music Copyright and Generative AI** — label suits over sound recordings (Suno, Udio), publisher lyric suits (Concord), and the German first-instance GEMA v. OpenAI judgment.
- [`TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION.md): **AI Litigation Landscape** — inventory of copyright, character-ownership, and chatbot product-liability actions.
- [`TOPIC-BRAIN-ROT`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-BRAIN-ROT.md): **Brain Rot and AI-Generated Meme Characters** — Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year and the pending Steal a Brainrot copyright fight.

## Computer Crime and Access

- [`TOPIC-COMPUTER-FRAUD`](../generated/source-docs/knowledge/legal/TOPIC-COMPUTER-FRAUD.md): **Computer Fraud and Abuse** — U.S. federal prohibitions on unauthorized computer access and related activity under 18 U.S.C. § 1030.
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