Authors suing Meta might seek early US appellate review of shadow library claims
By Amy Miller ( May 22, 2026, 21:58 GMT | Insight) -- Writers suing Meta for copyright infringement are considering asking a US appeals court to resolve an “intra-district split” on whether downloading books from shadow libraries to train large language models is automatically illegal, their attorneys told US District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco Friday.Writers suing Meta for copyright infringement are considering asking a US appeals court to resolve an “intra-district split” on whether downloading books from shadow libraries to train large language models is automatically illegal, their attorneys told a San Francisco federal judge Friday....
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