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Publishers Sue Meta for Pirated Books Used in AI Training

Matt Navarra
Matt NavarraMay 5, 2026

Major publishers sued Meta for pirating millions of books to train its AI Five major publishers are suing Meta for training its AI on pirated books. The lawsuit alleges Zuckerberg “personally authorized” massive copyright infringement. It claims Meta’s Llama AI model was trained on novels, textbooks, and scientific papers via piracy sites. Authors have warned AI floods Amazon, “displacing human-authored works.” qz.com/publishers-meta-lawsuit-copyright-ai-training-050526

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