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Association of American Publishers says Meta can't claim fair use in copying authors' works

( April 11, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Association of American Publishers filed a brief in support of authors in an artificial intelligence US class action suit against Meta Platforms. AAP argued that Meta’s systematic copying and encoding of protected creative works, word by word, into a large language model, is not a transformative fair use under the law, but rather, grossly exceeds the doctrine’s legal purpose and judicial precedent. The brief also opposes Meta’s assertion that there is no way for AI developers to lawfully license what they seek to use.See attached file. ...

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