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Mark Zuckerberg ‘personally authorized’ Meta’s copyright infringement, publishers allege
The proposed class action says Meta copied millions of books and journal articles without permission and bypassed licensing talks after considering deals worth up to $200 million.
- 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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In the USA, several publishing houses have sued the tech group Meta and its boss Mark Zuckerberg for alleging copyright infringement.
·Germany
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Authors and publishers sue Mark Zuckerberg and Meta for copyright violations. Meta is said to have robbed books and then trained the AI Llama with them. The AI provides evidence on demand itself.
·Frankfurt, Germany
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Major publishing houses sue Meta and Mark Zuckerberg over AI copyright
Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier and Cengage and bestselling novelist Scott Turow have filed a lawsuit alleging that Meta relied on pirated books to train its AI program.
·Sydney, Australia
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