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Meta defends using pirated material, claims it's legal if you don't seed content
Configuration settings were modified "so that the smallest amount of seeding possible could occur".
This means that the company's defense is pinning hopes on the fact that there isn't currently any proof that Meta shared the material during the torrenting process. Meta's defense seems to hinge around the lack of evidence around not sharing the large amount of data they have allegedly downloaded to train its AI models. Focusing on seeding could further muddy the claim that Meta allegedly knew that it was violating laws by torrenting copyrighted material.
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