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submitted 2 days ago by Cat@ponder.cat to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

In one of the AI lawsuits faced by Meta, the company stands accused of distributing pirated books. The authors who filed the class-action lawsuit allege that Meta shared books from the shadow library LibGen with third parties via BitTorrent. Meta, however, says that it took precautions to prevent 'seeding' content. In addition, the company clarifies that there is nothing 'independently illegal' about torrenting.

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[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 41 points 2 days ago

the company clarifies that there is nothing 'independently illegal' about torrenting.

Ah yes, I'm sure this strawman defense will hold up well for them in court.

[-] diemartin@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago

It will probably work. Because, you know, money.

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

If it does work, does that then mean they've effectively declared torrenting to be legal? Or at least as long as you claim not to have seeded?

[-] diemartin@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago

You hope! Laws will still apply to us peasants

this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2025
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