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.
SNE, the trade association representing major French publishers including Hachette and Editis, along with authors’ association SGDL and writers’ union SNAC, filed a complaint this week in a Paris court dedicated to intellectual property, the group said at a press conference on Wednesday.
The group said it had gathered evidence of “massive” breaches of copyright and had already reached out to Meta with no success, SNE’s