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.

  • heavydust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    It’s very illegal in Fance to download without paying, and I guess it’s the same in a lot of other countries.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Best I can tell, this lawsuit was filed in a US federal court in California. French law doesn’t seem to be applicable.

      French pirates should probably use a VPN endpoint in a more enlightened society.