Category: Meta

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…
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Meta seeks a rebuttal expert report and depositions of its experts on “leeching” of files in torrenting

Meta is asking Judge Chabbria to allow them to conduct further expert depositions and to file a rebutal expert report about the process of “leeching” of torrented files (meaning sharing the files with others while also downloading them). Meta says that the Kadrey plaintiffs have invoked leeching in its motion for partial summary judgment, yet,…
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Kadrey plaintiffs file unredacted version of brief for summary judgment against Meta. Exposes Meta employees’ comments.

As Judge Chabbria ordered, the Kadrey plaintiffs have filed their largely unredacted brief for partial summary judgment finding infringement by Meta. (The redacted parts relate to confidential information subject the sealing order for the case.) In the unredacted brief, we get a greater glimpse of Meta’s internal discussions related to the controversial Library Genesis dataset.…
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Kadrey v. Meta parties dispute over staff notes of Meta rebuttal expert Bakewell

The parties in Kadrey v. Meta filed a letter to Magistrate Judge Hixson over whether notes taken by the staff of Meta’s rebuttal expert Christopher Bakewell should be produced to the plaintiffs.
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Meta becomes first US company sued for copyright infringement based on AI training. Which US company will be next?

National Publishing Union (SNE), the National Union of Authors and Composers (SNAC), and the Society of Men of Letters (SGDL) filed a copyright lawsuit in a Paris court against Meta. The lawsuit is based on alleged copyright infringement in Meta’s training of its AI model, Llama, with copyrighted content without permission of French authors.
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Kadrey plaintiffs seek partial summary judgment that Meta’s torrenting of book files from pirated datasets is infringement, not fair use. Motion does not cover DMCA claim, fair use during training, or remedies.

The Kadrey plaintiffs filed their motion for partial summary judgment. They ask the court to rule that Meta’s use of torrenting to download while allowing others to upload pirated copies of books from so-called shadow libraries. This unauthorized torrenting does not constitute fair use, the plaintiffs assert, citing the Second Circuit’s decision in Hachette v.…
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Kadrey v. Meta parties send letters to Judge Chhabria re scope of additional discovery

Plaintiffs position: Meta’s poison:
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Meta win: Judge Chhabria rejects Kadrey book authors’ assertion that Meta attorneys engaged in crime to justify loss of privilege. Judge rebukes Plaintiffs’ attorney for over-the-top rhetoric.

The Kadrey v. Meta AI copyright lawsuit has more twists and turns than Odysseus faced in Homer’s epic. Act 1 Plaintiffs botch discovery In the first part of the litigation, the plaintiffs were thrown on the defensive (no oxymoron intended). Judge Chhabria chastised Joseph Saveri, the lawyer who filed the lawsuit, for failing to prosecute…
Read more: Meta win: Judge Chhabria rejects Kadrey book authors’ assertion that Meta attorneys engaged in crime to justify loss of privilege. Judge rebukes Plaintiffs’ attorney for over-the-top rhetoric.
Meta submits 15 more documents to Judge Chhabria for in-camera review for crime-fraud exception

As Judge Chhabria ordered, Meta turned over 15 additional documents for in-camera review by Judge Chhabria to determine if the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege applies. Stay tuned. Expect a decision soon.
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Ominous signs for Meta: Judge Chhabria orders 15 more documents for in camera review to determine if within crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege

In Kadrey v. Meta, Judge Chhabria just ordered Meta to turn over 15 more documents with attorney-client privileged communications for his in-camera review to see if they fall within the crime-fraud exception. Ominous. ORDER. Meta is ordered to submit for in camera review the seven documents identified in the appendix to the plaintiffs’ 418 first…
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