Judicial Storm Over Meta’s AI Copyright Dispute

In a high-stakes legal showdown, a judge warned that AI could obliterate the market for original works in Meta’s contentious copyright case. The courtroom drama, drawing parallels to pop culture phenomena, has intensified scrutiny over how the digital age is reshaping creative rights.

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Judge in Meta case doubts fair use of copyrighted AI training

10 months / techinasia / Grace Priscilla Teo

NEW: Big hearing today in Kadrey v. Meta, one of the earliest AI copyright lawsuits filed. We may see another summary judgement soon(ish)! www.wired.com/story/meta-l...

10 months / bsky / @knibbs.bsky.social / knibbs.bsky.social

I do not get the argument that illegally downloading pirated copies of works is a fair use. I think whether using works that one has legal access to as training material is a fair use is a much more open question, but fucking downloading pirated copies?

10 months / bsky / @leonenglish.bsky.social / leonenglish.bsky.social

NEW: Meta’s copyright battle with a group of authors, including Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates, will turn on the question of whether the company’s AI tools produce works that can cannibalize the authors’ book sales. The court may be close to a ruli

10 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

The authors allege that Meta illegally used their work to build its generative AI tools, pirating books through “shadow libraries” like LibGen. Meta is not denying that it used the work, but insists that its behavior is shielded by the “fair use” doctrine

10 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

While the authors heavily focused on the piracy element of the case, US District Court Judge Vince Chhabria spoke emphatically about his belief that the question is whether Meta’s AI tools will hurt book sales and otherwise cause the authors to lose money

10 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

Chhabria and a lawyer for Meta went on to debate whether Taylor Swift—or a less-established songwriter—would be harmed if their music was fed into an AI tool that then created billions of robotic knockoffs. Read more at the link: www.wired.com/story/meta

10 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

Now we wait... www.wired.com/story/meta-l...

10 months / bsky / @tagide.com / tagide.com

“I will issue a ruling later today,” Chhabria said at the hearing’s end. “Just kidding! I will take a lot longer to think about it.” NEW from @knibbs.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/meta-l...

10 months / bsky / @waterslicer.bsky.social / waterslicer.bsky.social

Ahhhh so this is why Zuckerberg has been doing podcast bro shows lately to cause smoke to hide the real fire: www.wired.com/story/meta-l...

10 months / bsky / @bostonjoan.bsky.social / bostonjoan.bsky.social

A Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’

10 months / wired / Kate Knibbs

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