British writers demand Meta respond to alleged copyright infringement. British creatives are once again publicly opposing access by AI developers to copyrighted content. The Society of Authors in the UK has issued an open letter calling on the UK Secretary of State...

British Authors Demand Meta Respond to Alleged Copyright Infringement

British creatives have once again publicly opposed AI developers' access to copyrighted content. The Society of Authors in the UK has published an open letter calling on UK Secretary of State Lisa Nandy to hold Meta accountable for potential copyright infringement in its large language model Llama 3. A lawsuit in the US claims that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved the use of data from the shadow library LibGen to train its AI. The Society of Authors said in the letter, "These cases expose the unethical behavior shown by global tech companies, which seem to be exploiting copyrighted content and believing they won't be held accountable. This situation must change. Global tech companies must now be held accountable and pay for their use of authors' works." The authors pleaded with Nandy to bring Meta executives to Parliament and get them to promise to respect copyright and compensate authors for any previous infringements.

—— Engadget

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