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Judge Orders Meta to Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting

A judge has ordered Meta to identify the employees who approved the company's use of torrenting to download books from shadow libraries such as Anna's Archive and LibGen. The order comes as part of the ongoing copyright litigation over the data used to train Meta's AI models. The ruling could reveal which executives signed off on downloading pirated material, a detail plaintiffs argue is central to proving willful infringement.

Why now: The ruling advances the high-profile AI training copyright case against Meta by potentially exposing internal decision-making.

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