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Meta has emerged victorious in a copyright lawsuit centered on the use of copyrighted material to train its AI models. Authors alleged that Meta’s AI training practices infringed upon their rights. A judge dismissed the claims, citing fair use principles. However, the ruling includes important caveats, underscoring the ongoing debate surrounding copyright and AI. While the judge sided with Meta, they emphasized that the decision does *not* grant a blanket license to use copyrighted content for AI training. The ruling follows a similar victory for Anthropic, where a judge determined that training AI models on legally acquired books constituted fair use. This earlier ruling, however, faced criticism for potentially underestimating the market impact of generative AI on the original works used for training.