In these times when so much in the world seems quite so eyebrow-raising, it can be dangerous to look through the literary news on April Fools' Day. I had to double-check the Guardian's article about the New York Times book reviewer dropped for using AI to write a book review (but a March 31 publication date suggests it's real).

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports on a major U.S. lawsuit awarding damages over social media addiction and a new UK trial restricting teen access to platforms. He also examines a key Supreme Court ruling in Sony vs. Cox that could influence AI copyright cases, and updates on the Anthropic settlement, where reduced legal fees may increase payouts for authors.

Court cases around AI and copyright are most definitely back in the news following a brief hiatus whilst the courts issued a pummeling to social media firms last week. First up this week we have a unanimous Supreme Court ruling in the US in the case of Sony against Cox. Sony was suing the internet service provider Cox for $1 billion, alleging that it was complicit in copyright infringement.