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Hachette Book Group et al. v Google

ALLEGEDU.S. District Court26-cv-5870Pending - complaint only
TrainingTraining Data AcquisitionCopyright Management Information / DMCA §1202OutputsRemedies

Key holding or allegation

Complaint allegations only; no merits ruling by the cutoff.

Why it matters

Very recent major publisher action focused on Google's Gemini training ecosystem.

Facts

Publishers and authors allege Google copied books from multiple sources, including Google services, web scraping and pirate sources, to develop Gemini.

Issues before the court

Whether acquisition/training and related CMI/output conduct infringe copyright.

What the court did not decide

All merits questions.

Procedural timeline

2026-07-10

U.S. District Court
Complaint filed: Hachette and co-plaintiffs allege copying from multiple sources for Gemini training plus CMI-related conduct.

ALLEGED