Meta Argues Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent for AI Training Qualifies as Fair Use
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Summary
Meta is arguing in court that uploading pirated books via BitTorrent for training its Llama large language model qualifies as fair use. The company faces a class-action lawsuit from authors including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Christopher Golden, who allege Meta used copyrighted books without permission. Meta previously won a key victory when a court ruled that using pirated books for AI training was fair use, and now the company is extending this argument to claim that the actual uploading of these books via BitTorrent also qualifies as fair use under copyright law.
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· 4 pulledMeta scored a key victory in this case, as the court concluded that using pirated books to train its Llama LLM qualified as fair use
In an ongoing lawsuit, Meta now argues that uploading pirated books to strangers via BitTorrent qualifies as fair use
well-known book authors, including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Christopher Golden, filed a class-action lawsuit against the company
In the race to build the most capable LLM models, several tech companies sourced copyrighted content for use as training data, without obtaining permission from content owners
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