April 2, 2010 - According to a March 31 report in the British newspaper The Guardian, Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Moss, and Val McDermid are among the well-known authors who signed an open letter urgingUK Governmentlook into Meta take advantage ofcopyrightProtecting the Responsibility of Books to Train AI.
The open letter calls on Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Lisa Nandy to summon Meta executives to Parliament for questioning.
Commenting on the reasons for the signing, McDermid said, "The contract clearly states that theThird parties must be paid for the use of an author's work. Whether it's an adaptation, translation or photocopying, everyone recognizes this obligation. As a writer of crime fiction, I am well aware of what constitutes theft.Meta's use of pirated content is tantamount to stealing on top of exploiting us, and it's not surprising that it makes us angry."
Earlier this year, court documents revealed that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved the company's use of the infamous "shadow library" LibGen, a database of more than 7.5 million books. on March 20, The Atlantic Monthly re-released its searchable database of titles, and as a result, many authors found that their work may have been used for Meta AI training without permission. As a result, many writers found out that their work may have been used for Meta's AI training without their permission.
The open letter states that this behavior"Clear infringement" of copyright law. "It's clearly illegal in the UK to grab writers' work for generative AI training without authorization, yet tech giants like Meta operate in the UK without adequate scrutiny of the practices involved. Writers are virtually powerless to fight back because of the cost of confronting big, well-funded companies.Significant legal costs. "
The open letter calls on the government to take all necessary action to effectively protect the rights, interests and livelihoods of writers, while warning that if the government sits on its hands, British writers will suffer "Catastrophic and irreversible effects". The letter also asks Meta executives to provide a detailed response to the allegations of massive copyright infringement, and clearlyCommitment to respect authors' copyrights and stop illegal behaviorand to the writers for past infringementsPayment of compensation.
According to 1AI, the UK Writers' Guild has said that the legal action against Meta exposes how global tech companies areUnscrupulous exploitation of copyrighted contentand at the same timeConfident that he will not be held accountable.
A Meta spokesperson responded that the company has developed "transformative open-source generative AI large-scale language models" that drive innovation, productivity and creativity for individuals and businesses. Fair use of copyrighted material is an important part of this process," he said. WeDisagreement with Plaintiffs' Allegations, the full facts will tell a different story. We will continue to aggressively respond to lawsuits while defending generative AI development for the benefit of all."
