282: The Meta Piracy Controversy

Send us Fan MailIf you’re anywhere on social media, you’ve likely encountered The Atlantic’s article about META scraping millions of books and scientific papers to train its AI, without giving a dime of compensation to the authors. One of our hosts has fallen victim to this scheme, and we’re going to talk about it today. Ready or not, AI is here, and it's coming after our creative works. What are the ramifications, and what can the Indie Author do about it?The Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/Appellate Court Ruling: https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/insights/publications/2025/03/appellate-court-confirms-copyright-statute-limits-authorship-to-humans-foreclosing-copyright-registration-for-content-solely-generated-by-aiSupport this ministry on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christianindiewriters30 Days of Writing Sprint Prompts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MGR7431Our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/listenersofciwpVisit our website: https://christianindiewriters.net/Learn more about the hosts...Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/Tina: https://christinacattane.com/Sprint Prompt: ear, detective, scream, voter, rib