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AAP files amicus brief in Meta AI copyright case
Apr 14 2025
The Association of American Publishers filed an amicus brief on April 11 supporting authors in their class action lawsuit against Meta for copyright infringement related to AI training.
The brief argues that Meta’s use of copyrighted works to train its LLaMA AI model fails to meet fair use standards and contradicts the company’s claims that licensing options for such content don’t exist.
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Real Americans
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From the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, a novel exploring family, identity, and the shaping of destiny.
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The Devil Finds Work
by James Baldwin
A book-length essay on racism in American films, by “the best essayist in this country” (The New York Times Book Review).
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The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris
by Evie Woods
From the million-copy bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop.
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The River Knows Your Name
by Kelly Mustian
A haunting Southern novel about memory and love, from the author of The Girls in the Stilt House.
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Happy Land
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From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel about a family’s secret ties to a vanished American Kingdom.
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The Seven O’Clock Club
by Amelia Ireland
Four strangers join an experimental treatment to heal broken hearts in Amelia Ireland’s heartfelt debut novel.
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One Death at a Time
by Abbi Waxman
A cranky ex-actress and her Gen Z sobriety sponsor team up to solve a murder that could send her back to prison in this dazzling mystery.
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