Lawsuit says Meta pirated and distributed porn to train its AI
訴狀稱Meta剽竊及散布成人片來訓練旗下人工智能
Meta Sued for Massive Copyright Infringement
Meta被訴大量侵害著作權
Strike 3 Holdings, LLC is a pornographic film holding company. They hold the copyrights to adult films under the brand names Blacked, Tushy, Vixen, and others. They are looking to prosecute claims for copyright infringement for their works being shared illegally via P2P file-sharing programs.
首先介紹一下Strike 3 控制有限責任公司（關係企業中對從屬公司具控制力之公司）是一間從事製作、拍攝、銷售色情影片的公司；其擁有像Blacked（黑人男性與白人女性性交系列）, Tushy（白人男性與白人女性肛交系列）, Vixen（白人男性與白人女性一對一性交或一對多性交系列）與其他品名系列的成人片著作權。該公司致力於追訴其所有著作權影片在網站上被非法以點對點檔案分享程式分享而聞名。

The complaint was filed by Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media, which are known for popular adult brands including Vixen, Tushy, Blacked, and Deeper. Strike 3 is the most active copyright litigant in the United States, mostly targeting individual BitTorrent pirates.

The case against Meta also centers on unauthorized BitTorrent sharing but on a different scale. According to the adult companies, Meta downloaded at least 2,396 of their films since 2018, allegedly to aid their AI training.

“Defendant downloaded Plaintiffs’ Works from pirate sources for purposes of acquiring content to train its Meta Movie Gen, Large Language Model (“LLaMA”), as well as various other Meta AI Models that rely on video training content,” the complaint reads.

The complaint

The adult producers fear that this training may ultimately result in AI models that can create similar “Hollywood grade” films at a lower cost.

“By training so specifically on Plaintiffs’ Works, Meta’s AI Movie Gen may very well soon produce full length films with Plaintiffs’ identical style and quality, which other real world adult studios cannot replicate”

Tit for Tat

Meta allegedly downloaded the copyrighted works without permission and also stands accused of uploading them to third parties, who participated in the same BitTorrent swarms. Plaintiffs allege this is backed up by data from their proprietary in-house tracking software VXN Scan.

IP Address evidence

BitTorrent transfers rely on a “tit for tat” algorithm where participants are rewarded for sharing content with others, as that significantly increases their download speeds. According to the complaint, Meta allegedly continued sharing pirated files for this purpose.