Category: Meta

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…
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.
Copyright Alliance, American Publishers Assn. file amicus briefs v. Meta, to support Kadrey book authors

Two 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…
Read more: Copyright Alliance, American Publishers Assn. file amicus briefs v. Meta, to support Kadrey book authors
GW Law Professor Robert Brauneis & other copyright scholars file amicus brief v. Meta’s fair use defense in Kadrey book case

George Washington University Law School Professor Robert Brauneis and other copyright scholars submitted an amicus brief opposing Meta’s fair use defense. This brief can be read as a response to another copyright law scholars brief filed by Harvard Law Professor Rebecca Tushnet in support of Meta’s fair use defense (see Related Stories below). Here’s the…
Read more: GW Law Professor Robert Brauneis & other copyright scholars file amicus brief v. Meta’s fair use defense in Kadrey book case
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…
Read more: Amicus Int’l Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers blasts Meta for file sharing stolen books from notorious “illegal websites”
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…
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.
Judge Chhabria allows amici briefs for Meta’s and Kadrey’s summary judgment motions on fair use and infringement

Sua 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…
Read more: Judge Chhabria allows amici briefs for Meta’s and Kadrey’s summary judgment motions on fair use and infringement
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…
Read more: Judge Chhabria sternly warns Meta not to hold back relevant discovery, citing “magnitude of this case”
Judge Chhabria allows Meta to file rebuttal expert report on controversial issue of leeching during torrenting files

As we predicted, Judge Chhabria granted Meta’s request to file a rebuttal expert report on the issue of “leeching” of torrented files. ORDER: Related Stories
Read more: Judge Chhabria allows Meta to file rebuttal expert report on controversial issue of leeching during torrenting files
Meta seeks summary judgment that Meta engaged in fair use to develop Llama

Meta filed its opposition to the Kadrey plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of whether torrenting the allegedly pirated books dataset(s) is infringement as a matter of law. Meta also filed its own motion for partial summary judgment (although not clear why it’s partial) for a finding that (1) Meta’s development of…
Read more: Meta seeks summary judgment that Meta engaged in fair use to develop Llama
After losing on motion to dismiss, Meta files Answer to Kadrey’s third amended complaint

After losing on its motion to dismiss, Meta filed its answer to Kadrey’s Third Amended Consolidated Complaint. One important admission is that the plaintiffs’ books were in the Books3 dataset. Meta also admits: “it used data from LibGen, Z-Lib, Sci-Hub, Common Crawl, and data collected using its web crawler Spidermate to train one or more…
Read more: After losing on motion to dismiss, Meta files Answer to Kadrey’s third amended complaint