Meta denies "seeding" files
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Meta defends using pirated material, claims it's legal if you don't seed content

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Meta AI firm accused of torrenting 82 TB dataset of pirated material from shadow libraries to train its AI models.
Claimed employees "took precautions not to "seed" any downloaded files.
Seeding in torrenting terminology refers to sharing a file with other users during, (or commonly after) downloading.
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