{"id":974674,"date":"2025-04-23T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/?p=974674"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:31:22","slug":"meta-ai-date-mining-books-we-need-new-copyright-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/books\/meta-ai-date-mining-books-we-need-new-copyright-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Meta and the A.I. Mining of Books: We Need New Copyright Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you recall the days of VHS tapes, you\u2019ll also probably remember the scary FBI warnings at the beginning of movies that cautioned against piracy. Although a little heavy-handed, it always acted as a staunch warning: You own the tape, but you don\u2019t own the content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today these types of warnings still exist with piracy laws protecting copyrighted work across movies, TV, books, and art. By definition, piracy involves the unauthorized use <em>or<\/em> reproduction of another\u2019s work. However, when it comes to the gray area of AI, piracy and copyright laws tend to lose all their power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\r\n\n\t\t<div class=\"ad-dog__cnx-container\"><script id=\"0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796\">\n\t\t\tcnx.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tcnx({\n\t\t\t\t\tplayerId: \"106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t}).render(\"0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796\");\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>That certainly seems to be the case with Meta\u2019s latest alleged book raid. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/new-documents-unredacted-meta-copyright-ai-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently redacted court filings<\/a>, the technology conglomerate headed by founder Mark Zuckerberg reportedly used Library Genesis (better known as LibGen) and other digital piracy \u201cshadow libraries\u201d to train LLaMa 3, the company\u2019s latest and supposedly greatest AI large language model (LLM), to better interface with future users. And yes, if true, this means in a stunning show of bravado, Meta essentially pirated books that were already pirated in order to better train a pet AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What adds greater frustration about this latest development is authors have been fighting the good fight against LibGen and its ilk for years. So many were understandably outraged when learning that Meta may have <em>also<\/em> stolen their work. The main difference here (if it even matters) is that LibGen remains a controversial yet free service. In contrast, Meta uses the intellectual property of others to help fuel its <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.atmeta.com\/investor-news\/press-release-details\/2025\/Meta-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024-Results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">billions in profits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not everyone can be Stephen King or J.K. Rowling. Most authors make very little off their books. Few can live off royalties, and even fewer get substantial advances. A billion-dollar company stealing anyone\u2019s work (including publishing heavyhitters) feels like a giant slap in the face. With the U.S. lacking AI laws and regulations on the federal and state levels, it gets even trickier for creatives to protect their IP and receive fair compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ai-presents-unique-challenges-for-class-action-lawsuits\"><strong>AI Presents Unique Challenges for Class Action Lawsuits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/authorsguild.org\/news\/meta-libgen-ai-training-book-heist-what-authors-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Authors Guild<\/a>, legal action was taken against Meta in 2023, and all authors affected by Meta\u2019s LLaMa 3 training have automatically been included in the <em>Kadrey v. Meta <\/em>class action in northern California. However, the case is still ongoing and hangs on one important fact: is Meta in violation of direct copyright infringement?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With AI being what it is, copyright gets complicated, especially when combined with Meta\u2019s fair use defense. Essentially, fair use allows you to bypass getting permission from the copyright holder for purposes like criticism, teaching, reporting, and research. In most cases, the work is \u201ctransformative,\u201d meaning it adds something new to the original material. And due to Meta\u2019s LLM ingesting, digesting, and spitting out a Frankensteinian text generator, the fair use argument unfortunately has some legs. However, as Dan Pontefract pointed out in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danpontefract\/2025\/03\/25\/authors-challenge-metas-use-of-their-books-for-training-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Forbes<\/em> article<\/a>, \u201cfair use arguments were meant for education, commentary, and criticism, not corporate exploitation for commercial profit at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether direct copyright infringement holds weight or not, Meta\u2019s raid of LibGen, which houses more than 7.5 million pirated books, raises ethical concerns and spotlights the need for more AI laws and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tech-raids-prove-ai-laws-are-necessary\"><strong>Tech Raids Prove AI Laws Are Necessary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>AI isn\u2019t going anywhere. To toss out another <em>Frankenstein <\/em>metaphor, we created a monster that can\u2019t just be abandoned. For many, AI offers unmatched efficiency, task automation, and a new way of delegating mundane tasks with better accuracy. Certain fields undoubtedly benefit from AI, but Meta proves books and other creative media aren\u2019t among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Twain once said, \u201cThere is no such thing as new ideas.\u201d It\u2019s an argument frequently used in pro-generative AI circles. If everyone is recycling ideas, how is AI any different? However, generative AI isn\u2019t just coded; it\u2019s trained on the published works of artists and writers. Their inspiration may have come from the creations of old, but they still sat, thought, and created something new with human talents and flaws. Agatha Christie had to plot out her mystery novels. She couldn\u2019t just plop them into ChatGPT and type, \u201cWrite me an ending.\u201d But thanks to her efforts, now anyone can use generative AI to cook up a locked room whodunit mystery with likely a familiar conclusion. This leads to a host of issues, like who actually owns the work if it\u2019s created from a compilation of many copyright holders?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the U.S. has no federal legislation regulating AI development or use (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitecase.com\/insight-our-thinking\/ai-watch-global-regulatory-tracker-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White &amp; Case<\/a>). On the state level, there are a few laws pertaining to generative AI. For example, Colorado and Utah have laws stating that agencies must disclose generative AI use to their users. Tennessee likewise updated its right of publicity law to include a clause relating to the unauthorized use of an individual\u2019s photograph, voice, or likeness in algorithms, software, or other technology. California also requires websites to post the data used to train their generative AI systems, including whether it stems from work protected by copyright, trademark, or patent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While these various laws outline potential solutions to protecting copyright holders and consumers, it\u2019s just a start. Until then, those pursuing legal action against companies like Meta will have to rely on pre-existing piracy and copyright laws that leave a lot of wiggle room in AI matters. <em>Kadrey v. Meta <\/em>could very well end in Meta\u2019s favor. As it stands, the court has thrown out most of the claims besides direct copyright infringement. That might not have been the case if regulations about how companies train their AI models had already been in place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-generative-ai-hurts-all-creative-media-not-just-books\"><strong>Generative AI Hurts All Creative Media, Not Just Books<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Famed Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli ran into similar issues with OpenAI last month. With OpenAI\u2019s 40 image generation tool (an offshoot of ChatGPT\u2019s paid model), users everywhere were able to create images they claimed were in Studio Ghibli\u2019s signature style. Those unfamiliar with Ghibli can look to hits like <em>Spirited Away<\/em> and <em>Grave of the Fireflies<\/em> for a taste of the studio\u2019s richly detailed, hand-drawn animation. Films like those or <em>The Boy and the Heron<\/em> are as much labors of love as they are lines and colors. And they\u2019re no easy feat to create. As Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki told <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/studio-ghibli-hayao-miyazaki-how-do-you-live\/\"><em>EW<\/em><\/a>, it can take one month to draw one minute of animation. With OpenAI\u2019s 40 image generation tool creating allegedly Studio Ghibli-like images with the press of a button, OpenAI\u2019s newest feature has thus stirred up controversy of its own.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While \u201cstyle\u201d cannot be copyrighted, this brings into question how OpenAI trained its AI model. Fan art? Similar images? Sure, maybe. But if OpenAI used official Studio Ghibli art for training without permission, we\u2019re right back in copyright infringement and piracy territory (currently the Japanese company has announced no plans to pursue legal action). The same applies to Google\u2019s AI summary feature, which compiles information from articles in the search results to deliver a quick, and sometimes wildly inaccurate, answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for literature, Meta had the chance to shape this AI hellscape by seeking permission from authors and publishers, and\/or paying for the use of their intellectual property. However, with no federal laws regulating generative AI, the tech company allegedly frolicked in the ungoverned Wild West of artificial intelligence and torrented millions of books in the process. While Meta claims to care about building \u201cthe future of human connection,\u201d its actions suggest there\u2019s nothing human about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you recall the days of VHS tapes, you\u2019ll also probably remember the scary FBI warnings at the beginning of movies that cautioned against piracy. 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