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Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

Authors Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden and others sued Meta Platforms, Inc., alleging Meta infringed their copyrights by copying their books without permission to train its LLaMA AI models.[2][5][6] The case asserts claims under the Copyright Act, including direct and vicarious infringement, with most other claims (DMCA, unfair competition, negligence, unjust enrichment) dismissed as preempted or inadequately pled; on June 25, 2025, the court denied plaintiffs' partial summary judgment motion and granted Meta's cross-motion, ruling Meta's training use fair use due to lack of market harm evidence.[1][2][3][5] This putative class action, consolidated with related cases like Chabon v. Meta, represents a key ruling favoring AI developers on fair use for training data in au

🏛️ NDCA· Case No. 3:23-cv-03417· Filed Jul 7, 2023

Summary

Authors Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden and others sued Meta Platforms, Inc., alleging Meta infringed their copyrights by copying their books without permission to train its LLaMA AI models.[2][5][6] The case asserts claims under the Copyright Act, including direct and vicarious infringement, with most other claims (DMCA, unfair competition, negligence, unjust enrichment) dismissed as preempted or inadequately pled; on June 25, 2025, the court denied plaintiffs' partial summary judgment motion and granted Meta's cross-motion, ruling Meta's training use fair use due to lack of market harm evidence.[1][2][3][5] This putative class action, consolidated with related cases like Chabon v. Meta, represents a key ruling favoring AI developers on fair use for training data in au

Case details

Court
NDCA
Docket number
3:23-cv-03417
Filed
Jul 7, 2023
Status
Active

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