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societyofauthors.bsky.social
Thank you Sir @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social for acknowledging in today’s Parliamentary Debate on AI that #Metatheft of authors' copyright-protected works was ‘patently wrong’. #MetaBookThieves
April 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
oisinmcgann.bsky.social
I joined the group that went to the Department of Trade in Dublin today to deliver the Irish Writers’ Union’s petition to the minister, protesting Meta’s mass breach of copyright.

And just for the craic, we engaged the services of four giant wolfhounds.

#SpeirGorm #AITheft #MetaTheft
virginmedianews.bsky.social Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · Apr 17
Irish writers have handed a petition to the government, raising concerns that Meta is using their work to train its AI models. They warn Irish writing could die out unless urgent action is taken to protect authors’ rights.

More details on #VMNews.
April 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
lenorehartauthor.bsky.social
GRAND THEFT AUTHOR! In or near Dublin on this date? Please try to attend! The Irish Writers Union will be there to remind the government of the intellectual property rights of Irish writers. #metatheft #AIplagiarism #irishwritersunion #AontasScribhneoiriEireann #scrapingcopyrightedmaterialistheft
April 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
nancypeach.bsky.social
I've just emailed him - poor chap, suspect he'll be inundated, but thankfully someone is taking a stand
#MetaTheft
joannanadin.bsky.social Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · Apr 22
Excuse the Daily Fail link but this is interesting. The email you need for this is lordmarkprice@workl.com and include the names and publishers of the books you want included in a lawsuit.

Ex-Waitrose boss takes on Mark Zuckerberg after AI 'steals his books' www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-Waitrose boss takes on Mark Zuckerberg after AI 'steals his books'
Lord Mark Price, 64, wrote to the Facebook boss threatening legal action after discovering four of his books may have been used, without permission, to train Meta AI.
www.dailymail.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
brucejohnsonauthor.bsky.social
What? Meta stole every book you published in the last fifteen years to feel their AI tool? We'll take care of that Mr. Zuckerberg.

#writingcommunity
#MetaTheft
#MetaClassActionLawsuit
#dachshunds
A picture of an English Cream mini-dachshund (named Snickers) lying on a rug and a black-and-tan mini-dachshund (Twix) standing next to him. Both are intently staring into the camera
March 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
authorhickorymack.bsky.social
Here's what you need to know if Zuckerberg and META pirated your books to train their AI.

#BookSky
#BookPiracy
#METATHEFT
#FUCKZUCKERBERG

authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know  - The Authors Guild
Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...
authorsguild.org
March 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
ani-25.bsky.social
Can we all agree that Meta needs to go bankrupt? I am over them!
variety.com/2026/biz/new...

How to disable it:
techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/h...

#metamustretire #privacyrights #metatheft
Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash
Meta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts.
variety.com
July 16, 2026 at 12:07 AM
killerrabbit90.bsky.social
In which I discover my book has been scraped by Meta for its AI blog.stephaniestimac.com/posts/2025/0... #METAtheft #MarkZuckebergTheft #AItheft #authors #plagiarism #theft #IntellectualProperty #LibGen #LibGenTheft
In which I discover my book has been scraped by Meta for its AI - Stephanie Stimac's Blog
The training of AI proves to me there is no such thing as an ethical billionare.
blog.stephaniestimac.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
1benjaminlandry.bsky.social
Meta stole my work and owes me money. Where do I sign up for the CAL? #MetaTheft #MetaClassActionLawsuit #AIClassActionLawsuit
March 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
andybrockman.bsky.social
The Society of Authors has a petition asking UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy to protect the copyright of authors from the #MetaTheft of unlicensed work to train AI models.

Please sign and share
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
www.change.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM