The meta is faced with a copyright copyright lawsuit in France accusing it of economic “parasitism,” Reuters Report.
French litigation was filed in a Paris court this week by the National Publishing Union (SNE), the National Union of Authors and Composers (SNAC), and the People of Letters (SGDL) society, accusing the meta of unlawful training of AI models in their protected content.
The case is thought to be the first such action against an AI giant in the country. Meta faced with similar litigation In the US In connection with the use of unlicensed protected material to train large language models, such as Llama.
Reporting comments made by the publications at a press conference on Wednesday, Reuters mentioned Maia Bensimon, the SNAC's general delegate, allegedly Meta's “massive robbery.” General of SNE director Renaud Lefebvre, also called the legal battle started by publishers as a “David compared to the battle of Goliath.”
Meta was in contact for the comment.
