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Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

Meta claimed that there is no proof it shared pirated books after torrenting them, which could affect legal actions against the company.
The authors, including Richard Kadrey and Sarah Silverman, allege that Meta unlawfully copied and distributed their work through AI.
Meta provided a motion to dismiss claims, asserting it took precautions to avoid sharing downloaded files as stated in its court filing.
Meta claims it took precautions not to share files, arguing that downloading is not inherently illegal, as noted in a supporting reply to the complaint.

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Ars Technica

Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

Meta’s copyright defense may hinge on court ignorance of torrenting terminology.

1 day ago·United States

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TorrentFreak

Meta Says it Made Sure Not to Seed Any Pirated Books * TorrentFreak

In an AI lawsuit targeting Meta, authors claim the company used BitTorrent to share books from shadow library LibGen with third parties.

2 days ago

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ResetEra

Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal...

Just because Meta admitted to torrenting a dataset of pirated books for AI training purposes, that doesn't necessarily mean that Meta seeded the file after downloading it, the social media company claimed in a court filing this week. Evidence instead shows that Meta "took precautions not to 'seed' any downloaded files," Meta's filing said. Seeding refers to sharing a torrented file after the download completes, and because there's allegedly no …

10 hours ago

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HotHardware

Meta Denies Seeding Claims In Defense Of Allegedly Pirating Books To Train AI

Meta denies allegations of seeding, copyright management information, and violations of California's Computer Data Access and Fraud Act.

Meta Claims Torrenting Pirated Books Isn't Illegal Without Proof of Seeding

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Just because Meta admitted to torrenting a dataset of pirated books for AI training purposes, that doesn't necessarily mean that Meta seeded the file after downloading it, the social media company claimed in a court filing (PDF) this week. Evidence instead shows that Meta "took precautions not to 'seed' any downloaded files," Meta's filing said. Seeding refers to sharing a torrented file aft…

1 day ago

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