Contract Law | Digital Platform Regulation | Society Introduction: Meta Faces Unusual Lawsuit from One of Its “Namesakes” In a unique legal twist, Mark Steven Zuckerberg, an Indiana bankruptcy attorney, has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, claiming repeated wrongful suspensions of his Facebook accounts for impersonating its billionaire CEO. He
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Fair Use Breakthrough: Meta & Anthropic Prevail in AI Copyright Suits
Transformative Use | Legal Precedent | Navigating Risks Ahead In a landmark week for AI developers, U.S. federal courts delivered pivotal rulings in favor of Meta and Anthropic, affirming that training large language models (LLMs) on copyrighted books qualifies as fair use—provided the data was lawfully obtained. These developments mark a
When Exposure Isn’t Permission: Eminem’s Publisher Sues Meta for $109 Million
IP Law / Entertainment Law / Tech Law In a landmark copyright case pitting one of hip-hop’s most iconic catalogs against one of the world’s largest tech companies, Eminem’s publisher, Eight Mile Style, has filed a $109 million lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc. The publisher alleges that Meta used over 200
Meta’s AI Ad Engine: Disrupting Creativity, Decimating Media, and Challenging Legal Boundaries
Meta is once again at the forefront of industry disruption—but this time, its target isn’t just user attention or data. With its newly announced AI-powered advertising platform, capable of generating unlimited photos and videos on demand, Meta is preparing to upend the advertising industry itself. Dubbed “infinite creative,” this system
Meta Fined €200 Million by EU: A Landmark Case in the Digital Markets Act Era
Europe Turns Up the Heat on Big Tech In a decisive move on April 23, 2025, the European Commission fined Meta Platforms Inc. €200 million ($228 million) under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The ruling marks the EU’s most prominent action against Meta to date, reinforcing Europe’s ambition to regulate dominant
Lawsuit Update: Professors Challenge Meta’s Fair Use Defense in AI Copyright Lawsuit
In a landmark development in the evolving intersection of artificial intelligence and copyright law, a group of prominent copyright law professors has filed an amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) brief in support of authors suing Meta Platforms, Inc. In the lawsuit Richard Kadrey et al. v. Meta Platforms, a coalition of prominent authors—among