Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta denies Torrenting Adult movie videos to train AI; says ‘Downloads made for personal use by …’
Meta has reportedly urged the US district court to dismiss a copyright lawsuit from adult-film producer Strike 3 Holdings, which accused the tech giant of illegally torrenting thousands of its videos to train an unannounced AI model. In a court filing, Meta described the allegations as resting on “guesswork and innuendo” and labeled Strike 3 a “‘copyright troll’ that files extortive lawsuits.” “These claims are bogus,” a Meta spokesperson told Ars Technica. Strike 3 had traced roughly 2,400 downloads of its titles to Meta corporate IP addresses over seven years, plus additional activity it alleged Meta hid behind a “stealth network” of 2,500 obscured addresses. The plaintiff speculated the files fed a secret adult version of Movie Gen, Meta’s video-generation AI, and sought damages potentially topping $350 million.
