In one of the AI lawsuits faced by Meta, the company stands accused of distributing pirated books. The authors who filed the class-action lawsuit allege that Meta shared books from the shadow library LibGen with third parties via BitTorrent. Meta, however, says that it took precautions to prevent 'seeding' content. In addition, the company clarifies that there is nothing 'independently illegal' about torrenting.

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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is there a way to change the torrent client's name\version so you appear in a list of seeds as Mark Zuckerberg?

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Certainly, but it's not like that'll get him in trouble or anything

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

It'd certainly encourage me to up my torrenting game so this shit appears 24\7 at rather weird uploads around the globe.