06/26/2025

Meta Wins Blockbuster AI Copyright Case

However, there is a catch

Meta scored a major victory in a copyright lawsuit on Wednesday when a federal judge ruled that the company did not violate the law when it trained its artificial intelligence (AI) tools on 13 authors' books without permission.

"The court has no choice but to grant summary judgment to Meta on the plaintiffs' claim that the company violated copyright law by training its models with their books," wrote U.S. District Court judge Vince Chhabria. He concluded that the plaintiffs did not present sufficient evidence that Metas use of their books was harmful.

In 2023, a high-profile group of authors, including comedian Sarah Silverman and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, sued Meta, alleging that the tech behemoth had infringed on their copyright by training its large language models on their work. Kadrey v. Meta was one of the first cases of its kind; now there are dozens of similar AI copyright lawsuits winding through US courts.

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