Meta mocked for raising “Bob Dylan defense” of torrenting in AI copyright fight

Ars Technica
By Ashley BelangerMar 12, 2025, 1:01 pm426 pts
Authors think that Meta's admitted torrenting of a pirated books data set used to train its AI models is evidence enough to win their copyright fight—which previously hinged on a court ruling that AI training on copyrighted works isn't fair use. Moving for summary judgment on a direct copyright infringement…

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