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Meta Can Be Sued for Scraping Porn Videos, Judge Rules

A federal judge has ruled that Meta Platforms can be sued by Strike 3 Holdings, the parent company of adult film sites like Blacked.com, for allegedly scraping copyrighted content. The judge rejected Meta's argument that the scraping was not intentional or that individual employees were responsible, citing evidence of coordinated downloading activity across Meta's IP addresses. The court found that Strike 3 Holdings had plausibly alleged copyright infringement, regardless of whether Meta ultimately used the scraped videos for AI model training. AI

IMPACT This ruling could set a precedent for how AI companies source training data and impact the legal landscape for copyright in the digital age.

RANK_REASON A federal judge's ruling on a major tech company's liability for copyright infringement related to AI training data. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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Meta Can Be Sued for Scraping Porn Videos, Judge Rules

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  1. 404 Media TIER_1 English(EN) · Emanuel Maiberg ·

    Judge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn

    The judge found that Meta’s attempt to blame the pirating of thousands of Vixen.com and Tushy.com porn videos on rogue employees “strains credulity.”