Meta sued by major book publishers over copyright infringement
The Verge
Major publishers and author Scott Turow have sued Meta for allegedly using their copyrighted books to train Llama AI models without permission.Summary
Five major book publishers—Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Elsevier, Hachette, and Cengage—along with author Scott Turow, have filed a class action lawsuit against Meta. The plaintiffs allege that Meta engaged in massive copyright infringement by training its Llama AI models on unauthorized works sourced from pirate sites and datasets like Common Crawl. The lawsuit claims that Llama can reproduce copyrighted material verbatim and seeks damages, an injunction against these activities, and a full disclosure of the training data used by the company. Meta has vowed to defend itself, citing fair use principles.
(Source：The Verge)