Meta's 'fair use' defence for 'training AI with published books won't work' in UK, says PA
NewsApr 4, 2025by Matilda Battersby 
Catriona MacLeod Stevenson © Reportography
The ’fair use’ legal defence used by Meta and Anthropic last week against separate allegations of copyright infringement for training AI tools on published books won’t work in UK courts, according to the Publishers Association and Society of Authors.
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