US EditionJudge Rules AI Training on Copyrighted Books as Fair Use, Faults Pirated Library
- On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ruled in San Francisco that Meta prevailed against 13 authors accusing it of copyright infringement involving its AI model Llama.
- In 2023, a group of writers filed a lawsuit against Meta, accusing the company of using unauthorized copies of their books to train the AI model Llama, a key issue in ongoing disputes over copyright and AI training data.
- Judge Chhabria determined that Meta’s use of the copyrighted works was transformative and fell under fair use, emphasizing that the plaintiffs did not provide sufficient proof that Meta’s AI training caused harm to the market or diluted the value of the original books.
- Chhabria emphasized that the ruling is limited to the 13 plaintiffs involved and does not legalize all uses of copyrighted material for AI training, while a Meta representative expressed gratitude for the court's ruling.
- The ruling and a similar earlier one favoring Anthropic highlight legal complexity in AI training, leaving room for future lawsuits as courts balance transformative use against potential market harm.
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Copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training dismissed
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — A federal judge sided with Facebook parent Meta Platforms in dismissing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the company of stealing their works to train its artificial intelligence technology. The Wednesday ruling from U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria was the second in a week from
He had "no other choice" than to dismiss the lawsuit: A federal judge ruled that Meta was allowed to use copyright-protected books by 13 authors for the Group's AI training.
Judge in 'Kadrey v. Meta' AI copyright case rules for Meta, against authors
Meta just won a major ruling in a landmark case about how copyright law and fair use applies to AI model training, the second such loss for authors this week. Just days ago, Anthropic won a fair use case as well.Late Wednesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California Vince Chhabria denied the plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment. At issue in the case: whether Meta's use of pirated books to train its Llama…
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