Copyright Lawsuits v. AI — Top 7 Defendants
U.S. cases only · by type of copyrighted work · as of July 31, 2026 · chatgptiseatingtheworld.com
PLAINTIFFS · BY WORK TYPE
DEFENDANTS · SIZED BY SUIT COUNT
BOOKS
OpenAI·9 Meta·10 Microsoft·4 Anthropic·7 NVIDIA·4 Google·5 Perplexity·1
37
NEWS & JOURNALISM
OpenAI·11 Meta·1 Microsoft·5 Perplexity·4
20
VIDEO & FILM
OpenAI·3 Meta·3 NVIDIA·2
8
MUSIC
OpenAI·1 Anthropic·3
4
VISUAL ART
Meta·1 Microsoft·1 NVIDIA·1 Google·1
4
CODE & SOFTWARE
OpenAI·1 Microsoft·1
2
VOICE & AUDIO
Google·1
1
OpenAI
22 suits
Meta
16 suits
Microsoft
12 suits
Anthropic
11 suits
NVIDIA
8 suits
Perplexity
7 suits
Google
8 suits
Copyright Lawsuits v. AI — Defendants #8–18
U.S. cases only · by type of copyrighted work · as of July 31, 2026 · chatgptiseatingtheworld.com
PLAINTIFFS · BY WORK TYPE
DEFENDANTS · SIZED BY SUIT COUNT
MUSIC
Stability AI·1 Uncharted Labs·4 Suno·5 Anna's Archive·1
9
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
6
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OTHER
SerpApi·2
2
Apple
5 suits
Runway AI
4 suits
Stability AI
3 suits
Adobe
5 suits
Uncharted Labs
4 suits
Suno
4 suits
Salesforce
2 suits
Midjourney
3 suits
SerpApi
2 suits
Snap
2 suits
Anna's Archive
2 suits