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Category: Kadrey v. Meta

Plaintiffs submit unredacted filing with glimpses of Meta’s Michael Clark’s deposition re: LibGen, blocklist, de-deduping, MZ

The plaintiffs in the Kadrey v. Meta lawsuit have filed their brief with Exhibit A regarding deposing a Meta witness regarding seeding of torrents (which Judge Chhabria has now granted). It’s fascinating to read some of the testimony of Meta’s Michael Clark, who testified to a range of topics, including that (1) use of the…
Read more: Plaintiffs submit unredacted filing with glimpses of Meta’s Michael Clark’s deposition re: LibGen, blocklist, de-deduping, MZ
Judge Chhabria grants Meta’s revised sealing motion

Finally, some good news this week for Meta. Judge Chabbria granted their revised motion to seal part of the Exhibits to the briefs related to the Third Amended Consolidated Complaint. ORDER. Meta’s 390 391 renewed sealing motion is granted. The parties are ordered to refile unredacted versions of any other currently redacted and sealed materials…
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After rebuke of making “preposterous” request for sealing, Meta seeks more limited sealing of parts of exhibits to briefs re: Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Consolidated Complaint

After being publicly rebuked by Judge Chhabria for making a “preposterous” request to seal parts of briefs and related exhibits to Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Consolidated Complaint, Meta has filed a a revised request in more limited fashion, as Judge Chhabria invited in his original order. Meta does so “in an abundance of caution, and taking…
Read more: After rebuke of making “preposterous” request for sealing, Meta seeks more limited sealing of parts of exhibits to briefs re: Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Consolidated Complaint
Judge Chhabria grants Kadrey, represented by David Boies, leave to amend to file Third Amended Consolidated Complaint. Adds DMCA CMI claim, CA Computer Fraud Act claim. Plus, Kadrey gets to depose Meta about seeding of works via torrents.

As we predicted from what transpired at the hearing last week, which was a disaster for Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, Judge Chhabria granted the Kadrey plaintiffs, represented by the David Boies law firm, their motion for leave to file a Third Amended Consolidated Complaint (TACC). The actual TACC is still under seal but will soon…
Read more: Judge Chhabria grants Kadrey, represented by David Boies, leave to amend to file Third Amended Consolidated Complaint. Adds DMCA CMI claim, CA Computer Fraud Act claim. Plus, Kadrey gets to depose Meta about seeding of works via torrents.
Will Meta’s alleged “seeding” of pirated copies via BitTorrent come back to bite Meta & Mark Zuckerberg?

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. – Aeschylus In the United States, 38 copyright lawsuits have been filed against AI companies and uses of copyrighted materials to train or use AI. To our knowledge, until this week, none involved an allegation that an AI company was actually using file sharing software under…
Read more: Will Meta’s alleged “seeding” of pirated copies via BitTorrent come back to bite Meta & Mark Zuckerberg?
Meta, Mark Zuckerberg suffer disastrous week in AI copyright lawsuit by book authors

Disastrous. That’s the word that comes to mind to describe the setbacks that Meta faced this week in its defense against the proposed class action brought by the Kadrey book authors. Judge Chhabria publicly rebuked Meta for its proposed redactions of briefing related to the plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file a Third Amended Complaint,…
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Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg said and did that the Boies firm thinks are smoking guns. Just how bad are they for Meta?

Now that the parties have filed unredacted versions of their briefs, we know what the David Boies law firm thinks are smoking guns from the discovery they received from Mark Zuckerberg. Just how damaging are they? Boies represents the Kadrey plaintiffs in the proposed class action for book authors against Meta. Well, here’s the unredacted…
Read more: Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg said and did that the Boies firm thinks are smoking guns. Just how bad are they for Meta?
Hearing today before Judge Chhabria on Kadrey plaintiffs’ motion to add DMCA and CA state law claims v. Meta after Mark Zuckerberg deposition

Today, Jan. 9, 2025, at 10 AM PDT, Judge Chhabria holds an important hearing on the Kadrey (book authors’) plaintiffs motion for leave to file a Third Amended Complaint to add, again, a DMCA CMI claim and a claim under the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA) Section 502. The Kadrey plaintiffs…
Read more: Hearing today before Judge Chhabria on Kadrey plaintiffs’ motion to add DMCA and CA state law claims v. Meta after Mark Zuckerberg deposition
Kadrey plaintiffs oppose Meta’s proposed sealing of information related to datasets used by Meta

The Kadrey plaintiffs are objecting to Meta’s proposed redactions in discovery related to information about the methods it used to download datasets and the specific datasets used to train its AI model Llama. Plaintiffs respectfully submit this opposition to Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc.’s proposed redactions to the Court’s December 20, 2024 Discovery Order (Dkt. No.…
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Bombshell allegations: Kadrey plaintiffs assert “Meta’s in-house counsel engaged in and advised Meta on Its Illegal Activity” and invoke crime-fraud exception for discovery. Also claim Mark Zuckerberg should be deposed again.

Discovery has closed in Kadrey v. Meta. But the plaintiffs are now seeking not only further discovery, including second depositions of key Meta witnesses, including Mark Zuckerberg, in light of what plaintiffs allege is new information revealed late in discovery, but also leave to file a Third Amended Complaint to assert (again) DMCA CMI claims…
Read more: Bombshell allegations: Kadrey plaintiffs assert “Meta’s in-house counsel engaged in and advised Meta on Its Illegal Activity” and invoke crime-fraud exception for discovery. Also claim Mark Zuckerberg should be deposed again.