Meta Says it Made Sure Not to Seed Any Pirated Books * TorrentFreak
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In an AI lawsuit targeting Meta, authors claim the company used BitTorrent to share books from shadow library LibGen with third parties.

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.

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Show me a law relevant to this case that makes downloading an infringement.

    The law is called the DMCA but you’re clearly using some sort of mental gymnastics to argue that the act of piracy is not making a copy of copyrighted material, which is factually and legally incorrect.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      The question isn’t whether a copy is being made. The question is who is making the copy. That person is the uploaded, not the downloaded.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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        1 day ago

        The copy is created after the downloader originates the request. The uploader isn’t just manufacturing copies for no reason. The process requires 2 parties.