Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and Scott Turow Allege in Lawsuit

Home Digital News May 5, 2026 10:46am PT Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and Scott Turow Allege in Lawsuit By Todd Spangler Plus Icon Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor xpangler Latest Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and Scott Turow Allege in Lawsuit 10 minutes ago James Murdoch in ‘Advanced Talks’ With Vox Media to Buy New York Mag and Podcast Network: Report 2 hours ago Elon Musk to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle SEC Lawsuit Alleging He Failed to Disclose Twitter Share Purchases Ahead of Acquisition 3 hours ago See All Courtesy of Meta In a new legal battle in the AI space, Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been sued by five publishers and author Scott Turow, who allege the tech company illegally copied millions of books, articles and other works to train Meta’s AI systems. “In their effort to win the AI ‘arms race’ and build a functional generative AI model, Defendants Meta and Zuckerberg followed their well-known motto: ‘move fast and break things,'” the plaintiffs say in their lawsuit. ”They first illegally torrented millions of copyrighted books and journal articles from notorious pirate sites and downloaded unauthorized web scrapes of virtually the entire internet. They then copied those stolen fruits many times over to train Meta’s multibillion-dollar generative AI system called Llama. In doing so, Defendants engaged in one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in history.” Related Stories Melania Trump Urges ABC to 'Take a Stand' Against 'Coward' Jimmy Kimmel: 'His Hateful and Violent Rhetoric Is Intended to Divide Our Country'