Copyright Lawsuits v. AI — Top 7 Defendants
U.S. cases only · by type of copyrighted work · as of October 5, 2026 · chatgptiseatingtheworld.com
PLAINTIFFS · BY WORK TYPE
DEFENDANTS · SIZED BY SUIT COUNT
BOOKS
OpenAI·10 Meta·10 Microsoft·4 Anthropic·7 NVIDIA·4 Google·5 Perplexity·1
39
NEWS & JOURNALISM
OpenAI·15 Meta·1 Microsoft·7 Perplexity·4
24
VIDEO & FILM
OpenAI·3 Meta·3 NVIDIA·2
8
MUSIC
OpenAI·1 Anthropic·5
6
VISUAL ART
Meta·1 Microsoft·1 NVIDIA·1 Google·1
4
CODE & SOFTWARE
OpenAI·1 Microsoft·1
2
VOICE & AUDIO
Google·1
1
OpenAI
27 suits
Meta
17 suits
Microsoft
17 suits
Anthropic
13 suits
NVIDIA
8 suits
Google
8 suits
Perplexity
7 suits
Copyright Lawsuits v. AI — Defendants #8–18
U.S. cases only · by type of copyrighted work · as of October 5, 2026 · chatgptiseatingtheworld.com
PLAINTIFFS · BY WORK TYPE
DEFENDANTS · SIZED BY SUIT COUNT
MUSIC
Stability AI·1 Uncharted Labs·4 Suno·8 Anna's Archive·1 DistroKid·1
13
BOOKS
Apple·4 Adobe·3 Salesforce·2 Anna's Archive·1
10
VISUAL ART
Runway AI·3 Stability AI·2 Midjourney·2
7
VIDEO & FILM
Apple·2 Runway AI·1 Midjourney·1 Snap·2 Luma·1
7
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OTHER
SerpApi·2 Apple·1
3
Apple
6 suits
Runway AI
4 suits
Stability AI
3 suits
Adobe
5 suits
Uncharted Labs
4 suits
Suno
5 suits
Midjourney
3 suits
Salesforce
2 suits
SerpApi
2 suits
Snap
2 suits
Anna's Archive
2 suits