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Company filingSeptember 14, 2026Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc. · N.D. Cal. 3:23-cv-03417

Meta stipulates that the listed files it torrented from LibGen and Anna's Archive are full copies of the named authors' books

In a stipulation with the authors, entered September 14, 2026, Meta agrees that it obtained torrented documents and data from online repositories including Library Genesis and Anna's Archive, and that its directory listings are evidence of what it torrented. For each listed entry tied to a named plaintiff's work, Meta agrees that the file name corresponds to that work and that the underlying file "is a full and complete copy of the corresponding Work." The stipulation explains how the listings map to sources: for example, a path containing libgen/scitech corresponds to LibGen's nonfiction collection, with files named by hash. It is limited to the named plaintiffs' works and is meant to spare both sides further discovery about the contents of the datasets. It does not address whether any work was uploaded to others, which remains the disputed question in the case. Joint filing by Meta and the authors.

Stipulation and order (Dkt. 835) ↗

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