Copyright Lawsuits v. AI — Top 7 Defendants
U.S. cases only · by type of copyrighted work · as of May 8, 2026 · chatgptiseatingtheworld.com
PLAINTIFFS · BY WORK TYPE
DEFENDANTS · SIZED BY SUIT COUNT
NEWS & JOURNALISM
OpenAI·10 Meta·1 Microsoft·4
15
BOOKS
OpenAI·9 Meta·8 Microsoft·4 Anthropic·4 NVIDIA·4 Google·4 Apple·4
37
VIDEO & FILM
OpenAI·3 Meta·3 NVIDIA·2 Apple·2
10
VISUAL ART
Meta·1 Microsoft·1 NVIDIA·1
3
MUSIC
OpenAI·1 Anthropic·3
4
CODE & SOFTWARE
OpenAI·1 Microsoft·1
2
VOICE & AUDIO
Google·1
1
OpenAI
24 suits
Meta
13 suits
Microsoft
10 suits
Anthropic
7 suits
NVIDIA
7 suits
Google
5 suits
Apple
5 suits
Copyright Lawsuits v. AI — Defendants #8–18
U.S. cases only · by type of copyrighted work · as of May 8, 2026 · chatgptiseatingtheworld.com
PLAINTIFFS · BY WORK TYPE
DEFENDANTS · SIZED BY SUIT COUNT
NEWS & JOURNALISM
Perplexity·4
4
BOOKS
Perplexity·1 Adobe·3 Salesforce·2 Anna's Archive·1
7
VIDEO & FILM
Runway AI·1 Midjourney·1 Snap·2
4
VISUAL ART
Runway AI·3 Stability AI·2 Midjourney·1
6
MUSIC
Stability AI·1 Uncharted Labs·3 Suno·3 Anna's Archive·1
8
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OTHER
Perplexity·1 SerpApi·2
3
Perplexity
6 suits
Runway AI
4 suits
Stability AI
3 suits
Adobe
3 suits
Uncharted Labs
3 suits
Suno
3 suits
Salesforce
2 suits
Midjourney
2 suits
SerpApi
2 suits
Snap
2 suits
Anna's Archive
2 suits