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Meta, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, secured a victory against 13 authors, including Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates, in a copyright lawsuit concerning its Llama artificial intelligence model, with U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ruling its use of books for training was protected under fair use.
Judge Chhabria stated that while copying protected works without permission is generally illegal, the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate "market harm" from Meta's "transformative purpose" use. However, the ruling's scope is explicitly limited to these 13 authors, not a class action, and does not establish a general legality for Meta's AI training practices.
Chhabria also dismissed Meta's argument that prohibiting such training without payment would halt AI development as "nonsense" and noted a pending claim against Meta for alleged illegal distribution (torrenting) of works. A similar ruling earlier this week favored Anthropic regarding its Claude AI model's "transformative" use, but Anthropic still faces trial for allegedly pirating millions of books.
Meta Prevails in AI Copyright Suit, Door Open(current)
