Charlie StrossMar 21, 2025
Pretty much EVERY book I've ever published got stolen by Meta and is listed in this database. That's over 30 books, a 25 year career output. (Need to find a UK class action lawsuit to join, or a US one that's open to non-US residents whose work was published in the USA).
https://retro.pizza/@digitalraven/114199906574357235
Everyday Cyborg (@[email protected])

Seven of the #RPG books I worked on were pirated by #Meta to train their #AI #Bullshit Regardless as to my feelings on copyright, the IP owner did not consent to their inclusion in the dataset. Meta's use is fundamentally immoral to the point that my own works will have an exclusion to their existing permissive licences to say "Fuck you and your idiot autocorrect" See if they've pirated your work here: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/

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Show threadBeeCycling has movedMar 21, 2025

@cstross Ugh, 26 results for my author name - 25 of them me, two of those anthologies, so a couple of dozen other authors too.

Obviously pirate websites stealing ebooks have existed for a long time. But we know they're thieves, they're clearly in the wrong. Thieves exist. That's life. It's another thing for a supposedly "respectable" company like Meta to download and use that pirated material.

Show threadStephen Cox Author

@beecycling @cstross

Some reports say Meta paid.

Mar 22, 2025 at 6:11amWeb