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US judge 'reluctantly' allows new infringement claim in authors' AI case

By Emma Whitford ( March 25, 2026, 21:06 GMT | Insight) -- A proposed class of book authors can add a contributory infringement claim to their copyright lawsuit against Meta Platforms related to alleged torrenting, US District Judge Vince Chhabria begrudgingly ordered Wednesday, saying that he is doing so “reluctantly” so as not to harm the interest of future class members. “It’s almost always easy to decide a motion to amend a complaint,” he wrote. “This one is quite difficult.”A proposed class of book authors can add a contributory infringement claim to their copyright lawsuit against Meta Platforms related to alleged torrenting, US District Judge Vince Chhabria begrudgingly ordered Wednesday, saying that he is doing so “reluctantly” so as not to harm the interest of future class members....

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