Oct 20, 2026
Judge orders Meta to name executives who approved torrenting pirated books for AI training
A federal magistrate judge ordered Meta to disclose the names of executives who approved downloading pirated books via BitTorrent from shadow libraries like LibGen to train its AI models, rejecting the company's attempts to blame rank-and-file staff. The order comes amid an ongoing copyright lawsuit over Meta's use of pirated content for AI training.
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