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NVIDIA: Contact With Anna’s Archive Doesn’t Prove Copyright Infringement
https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contact-with-annas-archive-doesnt-prove-copyright-infringement/
NVIDIA isn’t about to go quietly into that good night. After authors sued the chipmaker over “millions of pirated books” allegedly fed into its AI models, NVIDIA filed a sweeping motion to toss the case.
The plaintiffs lean on an email thread showing Nvidia’s team asked Anna’s Archive for “high‑speed access” to its shadow library. Nvidia counters that a friendly chat—plus a vague “green light”—doesn’t prove it ever downloaded anyone’s books. In legal terms, the complaint is built on “information and belief,” i.e., educated guesswork, not hard evidence.
To make matters messier, the authors’ amended filing now drags in every unnamed NVIDIA LLM, plus a laundry list of other pirate sites (LibGen, Sci‑Hub, Z‑Library). Nvidia says this is a classic fishing expedition: no specific titles, no proof of download, just speculation that big datasets must contain their works.
The chip giant also knocks out the newer contributory and vicarious infringement claims, arguing there’s no concrete customer who actually used pirated data. While it leaves the core “Books3” claim for a later battle (likely fair‑use defense), Nvidia wants the whole expanded lawsuit dismissed before an April 2 hearing in Oakland.