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Three trade groups said they were launching legal action against
Meta in a Paris court over what they said was the company's
“massive use of copyrighted works without authorization” to
train its generative AI model.
The National Publishing Union, which represents book publishers,
has noted that "numerous works" from its members are turning up
in Meta's data pool, the group's president, Vincent Montagne,
said in a joint statement.
Meta didn't respond to a request for comment. The company has
rolled out generative-AI powered chatbot assistants to users of
its Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms.
Montagne accused Meta of “noncompliance with copyright and
parasitism.”
Another group, the National Union of Authors and Composers,
which represents 700 writers, playwrights and composers, said
the lawsuit was necessary to protect members from “AI which
plunders their works and cultural heritage to train itself."
The union is also worried about AI that “produces 'fake books'
which compete with real books,” the union's president, Francois
Peyrony, said.
The third group involved in the lawsuit, the Societe des Gens de
Lettres, represents authors. They all demand the “complete
removal” of data directories Meta created without authorization
to to train its AI model.
Under the European Union's sweeping Artificial Intelligence Act,
generative AI systems must comply with the 27-nation bloc's
copyright law and be transparent about the material they used
for training.
It's the latest example of the clash between the creative and
publishing industries and tech companies over data and
copyright.
British musicians released a silent album last month to protest
the U.K. government's proposed changes to artificial
intelligence laws that artists fear will erode their creative
control.
Media and technology company Thomson Reuters recently won a
legal battle against a now-defunct legal research firm over the
question of fair use in AI-related copyright cases, while other
cases involving visual artists, news organizations and others
are still working through U.S. courts.
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