Meta cites SCOTUS ruling in torrenting lawsuit defense

Meta is leveraging a recent Supreme Court decision concerning internet service provider liability for piracy to defend against lawsuits alleging copyright infringement through its torrenting of AI training data. The company argues that the ruling, which limits secondary liability for copyright infringement, should shield it from claims that it contributed to or directly infringed copyrights by seeding pirated works. Plaintiffs contend Meta's knowledge of torrenting's inherent infringement mechanisms makes it liable, regardless of the SCOTUS decision. Meta aims to dismiss claims by arguing it did not directly induce infringement and lacked knowledge of specific infringing acts.