Authors Lose Copyright Fight as Meta’s AI Use Deemed Fair

The lawsuit was filed by 13 authors, including Sarah Silverman, Junot Díaz, and Andrew Sean Greer. They argued that Meta’s use of their books to build language models was a copyright violation.

However, Judge Vince Chhabria said in a June 25 court document that the authors did not provide enough proof that Meta’s actions harmed the market for their work. He explained that their claims lacked detail and did not demonstrate how the AI tools might reduce demand for their books or affect future sales.

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Without this kind of evidence, he found the use to fall under what the law allows as "fair use".

Still, Judge Chhabria noted that this decision should not be taken as approval of how tech companies are collecting and using copyrighted material. He stated that the ruling only applies to this specific case and should not be seen as a statement about AI training practices in general.

In his ruling, Judge Chhabria stated that AI systems can produce huge amounts of content very quickly, which could reduce the need for human-made work. If that happens, it might lower the value of creative work and discourage people from making it in the first place.

On June 23, Judge William Alsup ruled that Anthropic’s use of legally purchased books to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models was lawful. What did he say? Read the full story.