New York, N.Y. (May 05, 2026) — O+Z filed a putative class action on behalf of five major publishers and a best-selling author against Meta Platforms, Inc. and its Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (“Defendants”) for their willful infringement of millions of copyrighted works.
The case is the first AI class action brought by major publishing houses and represents a unified effort by academic, education, and trade publishers and the authors they represent to hold Defendants accountable for their large-scale theft and flagrant disregard for copyright law. As detailed in the Complaint, Defendants deliberately stole and repeatedly reproduced millions of copyrighted works to develop AI models and products worth billions of dollars.
Plaintiffs in the case are Elsevier Inc.; Cengage Learning, Inc.; Hachette Book Group, Inc.; Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Macmillan Publishers; McGraw Hill LLC; and author Scott Turow.
O+Z represents Plaintiffs along with co-counsel Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Keller Rohrback L.L.P., with whom it will seek appointment as class counsel to represent all class members.
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