
The Wrong Argument – Why Authors Lost Against Meta and What Comes Next
The Briefing by Weintraub Tobin
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This chapter examines the lawsuit filed by thirteen authors against Meta for the alleged misuse of their works to train the Llama language model. It also analyzes the court's ruling in favor of Meta and its ramifications for copyright law and the future of generative AI.
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In a major win for Meta, a federal court recently dismissed a lawsuit brought by prominent authors who claimed their books were illegally used to train the company’s LLaMA models. But the ruling doesn’t give AI companies a free pass—it reveals the roadmap for how a better-prepared copyright plaintiff could win next time.
