French publishers and authors are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for copyright infringement, accusing the tech giant of using their books to train its generative artificial intelligence model without authorization.
French publishers and authors are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for copyright infringement, accusing the tech giant of using their books to train its generative artificial intelligence model without authorization.
That’s where it gets interesting. The EU can, of course, regulate imports. If there’s a movie that is public domain in the US but not in France, then France/the EU could regulate the importation and sale of copies. I don’t know how that is actually regulated. What it can’t do is award damages for copies being made and used in the US.
There is a brief mention of the EU’s AI Act. That is certainly the basis for the lawsuit, rather than copyright law.
That means, if this case proceeds, it will be basically decided by the CJEU and create precedents for the entire EU.