Law Professors Back Authors Suing Meta Over AI Copyright Infringement

Law Professors Back Authors Suing Meta Over AI Copyright Infringement

Law Professors Back Authors Suing Meta Over AI Copyright Infringement: What It Means for AI and Fair Use Meta’s legal battle over its Llama AI models just got more intense—and I’ve been following every twist closely. A group of top copyright law professors has stepped into the ring, siding with authors like Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, who allege their e-books were used without consent to train Meta’s generative AI models. As someone who tracks the AI industry daily, I see this case as a landmark moment in the fight over AI, copyright, and creator rights. Image Credits:David PaulMorris/Bloomberg / Getty Image Legal Experts Say Meta's Fair Use Argument Overreaches In a new amicus brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, a coalition of copyright law professors argued that Meta’s defense hinges on an “unprecedented” interpretation of fair use. They wrote that training AI on copyrighted works is not “transformative,” especial…