Featured Engagement: Economic Analysis of Generative AI Copyright Claims

Vega Economics was retained to support the expert economist in Richard Kadrey, et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (N.D. Cal. No. 3:23-cv-03417). Plaintiffs, who are copyright holders and book authors, brought this case alleging that the practices used by Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc. to train its Artificial Intelligence large language models infringe upon the authors’ registered copyrights under the Copyright Act.
 
The expert economist was retained by to analyze and opine on the impact of Meta’s alleged conduct on plaintiffs in the market for licensed book material for LLM training, the market for books sold to the public, the market for books due to the presence and sale of AI-generated books allegedly trained on plaintiffs’ works, and the harm to plaintiffs.

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