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Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

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Meta admitted to torrenting a dataset of pirated books for AI training purposes.

Authors including Richard Kadrey , Sarah Silverman , and Ta-Nehisi Coates are suing the social media company.

Authors claim Meta illegally distributed their copyrighted works through illegal torrenting.

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