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Porn company can sue Meta for torrenting adult films, judge rules
Mashable • • business
Key Points:
- A federal judge has denied Meta's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company illegally downloaded over 2,300 copyrighted pornographic films via BitTorrent to train its AI models.
- The lawsuit, filed by Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media, claims Meta engaged in direct, vicarious, and contributory copyright infringement between 2018 and 2025.
- Evidence cited includes IP addresses linked to Meta's offices showing non-human patterns of mass torrenting, which the judge found implausible to be coincidental or for personal use.
- Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media are seeking up to $359 million in damages, and the case will now proceed following the judge's ruling.
- This lawsuit follows a similar case involving Meta's alleged piracy of books for AI training, which Meta won, but the prior ruling left open the possibility for other copyright infringement claims.
