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Meta Defends Using Pirated Books for AI, Saying They Have No 'Economic Value'

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Meta has chosen a novel defense in its copyright case, saying there’s nothing wrong with using pirated books, since “none of [the authors’] works has economic value.” Meta is facing a lawsuit for how it trained its AI models, with plaintiffs accusing the company of pirating copyrighted books to use as training material. To make matters worse for the company, internal emails confirm that Meta torrented more than 80 TB of copyrighted books. “Howev…
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WebProNews broke the news in on Sunday, April 20, 2025.
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