United States of America

Kadrey et. Al. v. Meta Platforms Inc.

United States of America
Active
United States District Court N. D. California
25 June 2025
Copyright infringement
AI training; Fair use

Case Overview

Meta is an American multinational technology company, that developed an AI software large language model Meta AI (LLaMA). Plaintiffs alleged Meta used copyrighted books, including allegedly pirated works to train its LLaMA generative AI models. Authors brought forward a putative class action alleging copyright infringement and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for using the copyrighted books.

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