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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[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're still banging on about Anthropic? I used it as an example to make my point (which is that commercial usage of copyrighted works is illegal, nothing about making/distributing copies or uploading or whatever you think you're talking about).

But you're up and down this thread bending over backwards to not have a good faith discussion with people who are not lawyers, so it's incredibly difficult to take you seriously and at face value.

[–] Rivalarrival 1 points 1 day ago

nothing about making/distributing copies or uploading or whatever you think you're talking about

Got it. From the OP article:

Last month, the authors filed an amended complaint which added these BitTorrent-related allegations to their existing claims. The plaintiffs pointed out that BitTorrent users typically upload content to third parties and suggest that Meta did the same here.

The article and conversation is not about the contract law that would apply with licensing. They aren't about the fair use exemption which has a commercial usage factors. The article and conversation are talking about simple copyright law: copying and distribution.

Your very first comment in this thread was completely off topic. I apologize that it's taken me this long to figure out where you're coming from.