On June 25, 2025, in Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc., the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment to Meta Platforms, Inc., finding that Meta’s use of the plaintiffs’ copyrighted books to train its GenAI tool was transformative and fair use. However, the court stated its belief that the fair use defense is likely to be unsuccessful in other, similar cases where the copyright owners adequately show the dilutive harm GenAI has on the general market for these works.
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GenAI Training Is Fair Use of Copyrighted Books, but the Evidence Is to Blame: N.D. Cal.
