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 1 day ago (1 children)

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 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 1 day ago

You hope! Laws will still apply to us peasants