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Court orderJanuary 13, 2025Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc. · N.D. Cal. 3:23-cv-03417

Judge lets authors amend their complaint against Meta to add claims tied to its alleged torrenting of LibGen, and orders Meta to give testimony on seeding

Judge Chhabria granted the authors leave to file a third amended complaint. He found no undue delay, noting that an earlier reference to torrenting in the case had indicated Meta was not torrenting, and said Meta's arguments against the new claims were better heard on a motion to dismiss. The amended complaint alleges Meta downloaded millions of books from LibGen over BitTorrent, and adds a claim for removing copyright management information and a California computer-access claim. The judge also partly overruled the magistrate judge and ordered Meta to provide a company witness on seeding, meaning uploading to other users while torrenting. He wrote that such evidence could bear on willfulness or on Meta's fair use defense. Meta was also ordered to give two hours of testimony on its mitigation measures.

Order, Dkt. 389, Jan. 13, 2025 (CourtListener docket entry) ↗

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