Publishers, Author Scott Turow Accuse Meta and Mark Zuckerberg of Training AI on Copyrighted Works
The suit says Meta trained Llama on pirated books and journals, and claims the model can generate close imitations that threaten authors’ revenues.
- Five major publishing houses—Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, and McGraw Hill—and author Scott Turow sued Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday in federal court, alleging the company illegally used millions of copyrighted works to train its AI system Llama.
- Plaintiffs allege Zuckerberg personally authorized Meta to download pirated books from websites like Anna's Archive to train the program, with his day-to-day involvement contributing to his net worth climbing to over $200 billion.
- By producing "knockoffs and imitations," Meta's AI program could "dilute the overall market for literary works," plaintiffs argue, while Turow called the unauthorized use of his books "shameless, damaging and unjust behavior."
- A Meta spokesperson told CBS News the company plans to "fight this lawsuit aggressively," arguing that training AI on copyrighted material qualifies as "fair use" and powers transformative innovations.
- This case follows a 2025 settlement where Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to authors, as courts continue determining consistent legal standards for evaluating AI training copyright claims.
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Publishers, Scott Turow Sue Meta Over Use Of Works To Train AI Models
A group of publishers and author Scott Turow filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday against Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, claiming that the tech giant illegally downloaded millions of copyrighted books and then used the works to train its AI model Llama. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York, claims that Meta had approached publishers to license works, but on Zuckerberg’s “personal instruction,” they abandoned those negoti…
Meta, Mark Zuckerberg Ripped Millions of Copyrighted Works to Train AI, Major Book Publishers Claim in Lawsuit
Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are defendants in a lawsuit from five major book publishers and author Scott Turow, who claim the tech giant infringed on copyrights by training AI systems on ripped and pirated works, according to a Tuesday filing in New York federal court. Turow and five publishers – Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier and Cengage – all alleged that Zuckerberg instructed Meta’s AI programs be trained by copying millions of books…
The Facebook founder is once again in the focus of justice with his tech company. This time it's about the new meta-language model Llama. Even a former US president complains.
James Patterson, Biden publishers say Mark Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' copyright infringement in new lawsuit against Meta
Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow sued Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, alleging the company illegally used millions of copyrighted works to train its AI language system Llama. The class action lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, accuses the tech giant of copyright infringement and opens up a new front in the ongoing battle between the book community and developers of AI. The plaintiffs allege that Zuckerberg and Me…
The Elsevier, Cenga, Hachette, Macmillan and McGraw Hill editions sued, in a federal court in Manhattan, the Meta platforms, accusing the technological giant of using their books and scientific articles without permission to train their model of artificial intelligence Call, informs Reuters, taken by Agerpres. The editions, along with writer Scott Turow, supported, in a complaint...
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