US authors challenge Meta's 'shadow library' fair-use defense in proposed appeal
By Amy Miller ( June 9, 2026, 22:57 GMT | Insight) -- Authors suing Meta Platforms for copyright infringement want a US appeals court to decide a narrow but consequential question: Can an AI company's downloading of copyrighted works from pirate "shadow libraries" be fair use because the works were later used to train an AI model? US judges in California have reached conflicting conclusions, and an appeals court needs to step in to resolve the issue, they said.Authors suing Meta Platforms for copyright infringement want a US appeals court to decide a narrow but consequential question: Can an artificial intelligence company's downloading of copyrighted works from pirate "shadow libraries" be fair use because the works were later used to train an AI model?...
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