Kadrey et al v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

  1. April 15, 2025

    Meta Used Pirated Data To Evaluate Licensing, Authors Say

    A group of bestselling authors accusing Meta Platforms of copyright infringement allege the tech company downloaded databases with millions of pirated books not just to train its large language models, called Llama, but also to see whether it could develop them without licensing content, according to a newly unredacted summary judgment motion.

  2. April 14, 2025

    Backers Of Meta, Authors Clash Over Fair Use In AI Training

    The conflict between bestselling authors and Meta Platforms Inc. over the use of their works for training artificial intelligence software has drawn numerous amicus briefs that underscore the stakes involved, with warnings of devastating consequences for the future of AI development or the rights of copyright owners depending on how the court rules.

  3. March 25, 2025

    Meta Says Using Authors' Books For AI Training Is Fair Use

    Meta Platforms has urged a California federal judge to find that it did not violate copyright law in using material from books by more than a dozen authors to train its large language models named "Llama," saying the dispute "presents a question of existential importance" to the development of generative artificial intelligence in the U.S.

  4. March 11, 2025

    Authors Seek Win On Meta AI Direct Infringement Claims

    A group of award-winning authors urged a California federal judge to grant them a win on claims Meta directly infringed their copyrights by using databases of pirated works to train its "Llama" artificial-intelligence tool, arguing Meta infringed "massive" amounts of protected material, including books written by Supreme Court justices.

  5. March 10, 2025

    Meta Can't Ditch Authors' Copyright Claim In AI Tool Fight

    A California federal judge has refused to throw out group of authors' claim that Meta Platforms Inc. violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act claim with its large language model product, ruling that they've adequately alleged that Meta intentionally removed copyright notice information to conceal infringement.

  6. February 28, 2025

    Judge Denies OpenAI's Bid For Discovery In Meta's IP Fight

    A California federal judge rejected OpenAI's request to see discovery produced in Meta Platforms Inc.'s copyright battle with authors over its artificial intelligence tool, writing Thursday that the "broad swath of information" it requested is not proportional to the company's needs in its own case.

  7. February 27, 2025

    Meta's Held-Back Docs In AI Suit Merit Discovery, Authors Say

    The California federal judge overseeing a proposed class action claiming Meta Platforms Inc. is using copyrighted material to train its large language model product said Thursday he will consider allowing the author plaintiffs more discovery in response to the tech giant's assertion that it had "inadvertently" held back up some 18,000 documents.

  8. February 06, 2025

    Meta AI Used 'Astonishing' Load Of Pirated Works, Writers Say

    Meta Platforms allegedly downloaded tens of millions of pirated copyrighted works from peer-to-peer networks to train its Llama artificial intelligence product, and its employees repeatedly discussed this "illegal" strategy with lawyers, with one engineer writing, doing so "from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right," according to internal communications unsealed in copyright infringement litigation Wednesday.

  9. January 14, 2025

    Meta Atty Quits IP Case Over Zuckerberg's 'Toxic Masculinity'

    An attorney helping defend Meta Platforms in copyright litigation brought by artists who claim their content was used to train the large language model Llama has dropped the tech company as his client, citing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's "descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness" in a LinkedIn post.

  10. January 09, 2025

    Judge Rips Meta's 'Grossly Overbroad' AI Sealing Requests

    A California federal judge appeared open Thursday to allowing authors to amend their copyright infringement proposed class action to include allegations Meta nefariously removed copyright disclaimers from tens of millions of books in creating its Llama artificial intelligence product, while criticizing Meta's "grossly overbroad" sealing requests as illegitimate attempts at avoiding bad publicity.