United States of America

Kadrey et. Al. v. Meta Platforms Inc. (United States District Court N. D. California)

United States of America
United States District Court N. D. California
25 June 2025
23-cv-03417-VC
Active
Copyright infringement
AI training; Fair use

Decision Summary

Authors sued Meta alleging copyright infringement and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for using copyrighted books, including allegedly pirated works, to train its LLaMA generative AI models; the District Court granted Meta partial summary judgment on fair use and DMCA claims but allowed other copyright-related claims to proceed.

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