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Kadrey objects to Meta’s reply evidence as improper
Read more: Kadrey objects to Meta’s reply evidence as improperKadrey objected to Meta’s reply evidence cited in its reply brief. Related Stories
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Meta reply in support of fair use in AI training, including torrenting of “pirated” books datasets. Meta also opposes Kadrey book authors’ motion for summary judgment on infringement based on torrenting books.
Read more: Meta reply in support of fair use in AI training, including torrenting of “pirated” books datasets. Meta also opposes Kadrey book authors’ motion for summary judgment on infringement based on torrenting books.Meta filed its reply in support of its motion for summary judgment on fair use in AI training, including the torrenting of “pirated” copies of books datasets online. This brief is well-written. Will have more to say about it and Kadrey’s briefs, also well-written, in a subsequent post. Judge Chhabria will have much to ruminate…
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Kadrey files unredacted opposition brief to Meta’s motion for summary judgment on fair use. Kadrey alleges Meta destroyed torrenting upload logs related to torrenting of pirated books datasets.
Read more: Kadrey files unredacted opposition brief to Meta’s motion for summary judgment on fair use. Kadrey alleges Meta destroyed torrenting upload logs related to torrenting of pirated books datasets.Kadrey filed the unredacted opposition brief to Meta’s motion for summary judgment on fair use. Among the sentences unredacted were ones about the books datasets excerpted below. One new revelation is that Meta apparently destroyed (through allowing overwriting of logs) the files that were seeded to third parties during the process of torrenting of the…
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Copyright Alliance, American Publishers Assn. file amicus briefs v. Meta, to support Kadrey book authors
Read more: Copyright Alliance, American Publishers Assn. file amicus briefs v. Meta, to support Kadrey book authorsTwo other organizations filed amicus briefs against Meta to support the Kadrey book authors. Both the Copyright Alliance and American Publishers Association filed briefs, bringing the total on the side of the Kadrey book authors to 4 amici compared to only 2 amici on Meta’s side. If we focus on the total extra pages of…
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Amicus Int’l Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers blasts Meta for file sharing stolen books from notorious “illegal websites”
Read more: Amicus Int’l Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers blasts Meta for file sharing stolen books from notorious “illegal websites”Ten days ago, Harvard Law Professor Rebecca Tushnet filed an amicus brief on behalf of her and other copyright scholars in support of Meta’s defense of fair use in Kadrey v. Meta. That opened the door to other amicus briefs to be filed. After Tushnet’s motion for leave to file an amicus brief, Judge Chhabria…
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Kadrey book authors to Meta: Illegal file sharing of pirated book datasets is not fair use. File sharing is separate use from AI training.
Read more: Kadrey book authors to Meta: Illegal file sharing of pirated book datasets is not fair use. File sharing is separate use from AI training.The Kadrey Plaintiffs, represented by David Boies’ law firm, filed its reply in support of their own motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of Meta’s alleged infringement in engaging in putatively illegal file sharing (via torrenting) of “shadow libraries” consisting of millions of copies of “pirated books.” The Kadrey brief is well-written and…
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EFF files amicus brief v. Kadrey partial summary judgment motion. Fair use is fact specific, not contingent on avoiding torrenting of books dataset. EFF takes no position on Meta’s fair use
Read more: EFF files amicus brief v. Kadrey partial summary judgment motion. Fair use is fact specific, not contingent on avoiding torrenting of books dataset. EFF takes no position on Meta’s fair useFollowing the amici brief of Harvard Law Professor Rebecca Tushnet in support of Meta’s fair use defense, EFF filed its own amicus brief in support of the opposition against the Kadrey plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment of infringement based on Meta’s torrenting / seeding of the controversial shadow or pirated books dataset(s). EFF takes…
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Judge Chhabria allows amici briefs for Meta’s and Kadrey’s summary judgment motions on fair use and infringement
Read more: Judge Chhabria allows amici briefs for Meta’s and Kadrey’s summary judgment motions on fair use and infringementSua sponte, Judge Chhabria issued an order allowing other amici briefs in support of Meta’s fair use defense and Kadrey’s claim of infringement on Meta’s torrenting of books datasets from so-called shadow or pirated libraries. ORDER. Any amicus briefs in support of Meta must be filed by April 3. Yes, that’s tomorrow! [A]ny in support…
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Judge Chhabria grants motion of Harvard Law Prof. Rebecca Tushnet to file amici brief for IP professors in support of Meta’s fair use defense
Read more: Judge Chhabria grants motion of Harvard Law Prof. Rebecca Tushnet to file amici brief for IP professors in support of Meta’s fair use defenseSurprise, surprise. This is no April Fool’s day joke. Judge Chhabria granted today’s motion for leave to file an amici brief in support of Meta’s fair use defense, filed by Harvard Law Professor Rebecca Tushnet on behalf of herself and several IP professors Matt Sag, Zahr Said, and Jessica Silbey. Judge Chhabria has repeatedly stressed…
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Judge Chhabria sternly warns Meta not to hold back relevant discovery, citing “magnitude of this case”
Read more: Judge Chhabria sternly warns Meta not to hold back relevant discovery, citing “magnitude of this case”Judge Chhabria is not one to mince words. Once again, he’s stressed he importance of the Kadrey v. Meta lawsuit. Plus, he has given another stern warning to Meta to refrain from engaging in any discovery abuse. ORDER: The Court declines at this late stage to address the plaintiffs’ assertion (in their 487 opposition to…