Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, and Elsevier, along with author Scott Turow, filed a proposed class action against Google, alleging it violated copyright law by using their works to train its Gemini AI without permission, according to Engadget. Plaintiffs claim Google reproduced millions of copyrighted works without compensation and with full knowledge that it was infringing, and that it stripped copyright management information from the works to conceal its training sources. Turow and the publishers are pursuing class-action status on behalf of other authors and rightsholders whose works were allegedly used. This lawsuit is the latest in a barrage of copyright cases from authors and publishers pressing AI companies for compensation over training data.
