Summary
Darius H. James, on behalf of himself and a class of similarly situated individuals, sued Snowflake Inc., alleging it infringed his copyrights by training its large language models using the RedPajama and Books3 datasets that included his pirated books.[3][5][7] The case invokes the Copyright Act and was filed as a class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana (Butte Division, Case No. CV-25-108-BU-BMM) on November 21, 2025, with subsequent orders granting pro hac vice appearances for out-of-state counsel.[1][3][6] Snowflake is headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, and the suit seeks statutory damages, actual damages, restitution of profits, and equitable relief without specified class size or dollar amounts.[3]
Case details
- Court
- D. Mont.
- Docket number
- 2:25-cv-00108
- Filed
- Nov 21, 2025
- Status
- Active
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