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Eriq Gardner

@eriqgardner
59 posts
2026-02-27
Dear Ted, Take 10% of the $2.8B breakup fee—roughly $280 million—and go hire the best investigative journalists in the world. Build a next-gen 60 Minutes. A better CNN. Think of the revenge possibilities.
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

2026-02-07
It could just be routine investigatory work, but I spelled out the monopolization scenario a month ago [image: “What if the government frames the deal as exclusionary conduct designed to maintain monopoly power, and brings a Section 2 Sherman Act case that puts Netflix's entire business under the microscope?"]
2026-02-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

A civil subpoena shows the US DOJ is investigating Netflix for potential anticompetitive tactics as DOJ probes the company's proposed acquisition of WBD

As it probes bids for Warner, the department is asking if the streamer has engaged in conduct that could make it a monopoly

2025-09-07
Lawyers would get 25% cut. A $400 million payday ain't bad. Distribution and opt-outs will be interesting. Apparently, the deal cancels upon a certain (sealed) opt-out threshold.
2025-09-07 View on X
Bloomberg

Filing: Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5B plus interest to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the company's downloading of millions of pirated books

Anthropic PBC will pay at least $1.5 billion plus interest to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the AI company's downloading …

2025-09-06
Lawyers would get 25% cut. A $400 million payday ain't bad. Distribution and opt-outs will be interesting. Apparently, the deal cancels upon a certain (sealed) opt-out threshold.
2025-09-06 View on X
Bloomberg

Filing: Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5B plus interest to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the company's downloading of millions of pirated books

Anthropic PBC will pay at least $1.5 billion plus interest to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the AI company's downloading …

2025-06-26
A.I. copyright rulings coming fast and furious now. They will be more soon, not all in favor of A.I., mark my words. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ ...
2025-06-26 View on X
Bloomberg Law

A US judge rules that Meta's use of books to train Llama is protected by fair use but says his opinion is more a reflection of the plaintiffs' poor arguments

Meta Platforms Inc. escaped a first-of-its-kind copyright lawsuit from a group of authors who alleged the tech giant hoovered …

2025-06-25
🚨BREAKING: Federal judge concludes that using copyrighted works to train generative A.I. is transformative and ultimately a fair use. (Nevertheless, Anthropic can't beat the lawsuit because it pirated books for another purpose too.) First of kind ruling. https://www.documentcloud.org/ ...
2025-06-25 View on X
ai fray

A US judge rules Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train AI was fair use, but its storage of pirated books in a central library for training LLMs was not

but it's still in trouble for stealing books Blake Brittain / Reuters : Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit Jason Koebler / 404 Media : Judge ...

🚨BREAKING: Federal judge concludes that using copyrighted works to train generative A.I. is transformative and ultimately a fair use.  (Nevertheless, Anthropic can't beat the lawsuit because it pirated books for another purpose too.)  First of kind ruling. www.documentcloud.org/documents/ 25...
2025-06-25 View on X
ai fray

A US judge rules Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train AI was fair use, but its storage of pirated books in a central library for training LLMs was not

but it's still in trouble for stealing books Blake Brittain / Reuters : Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit Jason Koebler / 404 Media : Judge ...

2025-06-24
🚨BREAKING: Federal judge concludes that using copyrighted works to train generative A.I. is transformative and ultimately a fair use. (Nevertheless, Anthropic can't beat the lawsuit because it pirated books for another purpose too.) First of kind ruling. https://www.documentcloud.org/ ...
2025-06-24 View on X
ai fray

A US judge rules Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train AI was fair use, but its storage of pirated books in a central library used for training was not

Context: Last August, book authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson filed a copyright infringement class action …

2024-10-22
Warner Bros is a co-defendant for its possible role licensing clips to Tesla. Alcon, the plaintiff, says WB has only limited rights. [image]
2024-10-22 View on X
New York Times

Blade Runner 2049's producer sues Musk, Tesla, and WBD for allegedly using AI to create imagery close to the film to promote Cybercab, despite a denied request

he takes the risk because it's too hard to stop him: Alcon Entertainment, the Hollywood company behind “Blade Runner 2049,” said it had denied a request to use images from the movi...

2024-08-31
Another day, another big defamation ruling—this time Elon Musk's X being allowed to move forward against Media Matters. Although, frankly, can't say this ruling is a example of insightful judicial reasoning. Pretty lackluster... https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ...
2024-08-31 View on X
Ars Technica

A Texas federal judge who held Tesla stock denies a motion to dismiss X's lawsuit accusing Media Matters of misrepresenting the amount of extremist content on X

Judge says Musk critic “targeted” advertisers in Texas, denies motion to dismiss.  —  A federal judge in Texas yesterday ruled …

2024-08-18
ESPN says it will appeal. Here's the full statement. [image]
2024-08-18 View on X
Bloomberg

A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu Sports, the streaming service from Fox/WBD/Disney, a week before rollout, after Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit

https://duck.haus/... @jsnell@zeppelin.flights : @joesteel Good call IMO - as a Fubo subscriber, I'd probable drop them for Venu, and that's entirely because Venu has illegally con...

This is a ruling that going to impact lots of potential dealmaking in Corporate America, not just a sports streamer.
2024-08-18 View on X
Bloomberg

A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu Sports, the streaming service from Fox/WBD/Disney, a week before rollout, after Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit

https://duck.haus/... @jsnell@zeppelin.flights : @joesteel Good call IMO - as a Fubo subscriber, I'd probable drop them for Venu, and that's entirely because Venu has illegally con...

2024-08-17
ESPN says it will appeal. Here's the full statement. [image]
2024-08-17 View on X
Bloomberg

A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu Sports, the streaming service from Fox/WBD/Disney, a week before rollout, after Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit

US District Judge Margaret Garnett on Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the $42.99-a-month service, Venu Sports …

This is a ruling that going to impact lots of potential dealmaking in Corporate America, not just a sports streamer.
2024-08-17 View on X
Bloomberg

A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu Sports, the streaming service from Fox/WBD/Disney, a week before rollout, after Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit

US District Judge Margaret Garnett on Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the $42.99-a-month service, Venu Sports …

2024-07-16
JD Vance's wife Usha has represented Disney and Paramount. So I guess that means both VP candidate spouses did entertainment law work.
2024-07-16 View on X
Wired

A look at Trump VP pick JD Vance's tech ties, like working at Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital and investing in Rumble; Vance advocated for repealing Section 230

Vance has long had connections to Silicon Valley through his former life as a venture capitalist, including to long-time Donald Trump supporter and investor Peter Thiel.

JD Vance's wife Usha has represented Disney and Paramount. So I guess that means both VP candidate spouses did entertainment law work.
2024-07-16 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Elon Musk plans to commit ~$45M per month to America PAC, a new pro-Trump super PAC; other backers include 8VC's Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins

Other backers of America PAC include Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins

2024-06-30
Redbox has filed for bankruptcy. End of an era. [image]
2024-06-30 View on X
The Verge

Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, files for bankruptcy protection; Chicken Soup took on $325M in debt when it acquired Redbox in 2022

Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy protection overnight.

2024-06-12
Hmm. The Elon Musk v. Sam Altman lawsuit was just dismissed at behest of parties. Without prejudice, meaning it can be refiled and there's likely no settlement.
2024-06-12 View on X
CNBC

Elon Musk withdraws his lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Greg Brockman, filed in California in February 2024 over breach of contract and fiduciary duty

Elon Musk on Tuesday withdrew his lawsuit against OpenAI and two of the company's co-founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, in California state court.

2024-05-21
Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI is a blockbuster legal case in the making... and couldn't come at a better time for SAG-AFTRA as it pushes for passage of No AI FRAUD Act
2024-05-21 View on X
NBC News

Scarlett Johansson says she declined OpenAI's ChatGPT voice offer and was “shocked, angered” that Sam Altman would pursue Sky, a voice “eerily similar” to hers

The “Her” actor released a statement following OpenAI pulling its “Sky” voice from ChatGPT, which many people said sounded like her.

2024-03-22
As big as the U.S. v. Microsoft case a quarter century ago https://www.documentcloud.org/ ...
2024-03-22 View on X
TechCrunch

The US DOJ's Apple lawsuit has many parallels to its Microsoft lawsuit in the 1990s, but Apple's monopoly position is not nearly as clear-cut as Microsoft's was

“Apple inhibits third-party smartwatches from maintaining a reliable connection with the iPhone.”  —  To be fair, Apple does that to its own smartwatches too. X: Charles Arthur / @...