Key holding or allegation
On 30 Mar 2026 the court denied Meta's motion to dismiss. On 11 Aug it denied Meta's motion to quash a Zuckerberg deposition; the discovery order did not decide copyright merits.
Why it matters
Material Meta training-data case combining surviving infringement/CMI theories with discovery directed at provenance and corporate knowledge.
Facts
Entrepreneur Media alleges Meta used copyrighted works in AI-training initiatives and asserts claims connected to allegedly unauthorised acquisition and CMI removal. The case is coordinated for discovery with Kadrey and related Meta cases.
Issues before the court
Whether contributory-infringement and CMI claims are sufficiently pleaded and what discovery concerning training-data acquisition and senior-management knowledge may establish.
What the court did not decide
No final infringement, CMI, willfulness or damages determination; the Zuckerberg discovery order establishes no factual merits finding.
Procedural timeline
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Motion-to-dismiss order: Court denied Meta's motion to dismiss, allowing the pleaded contributory-copyright and CMI theories to proceed past the pleading stage.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Discovery order - motion to quash denied: Judge Chhabria denied Meta's motion to quash a Zuckerberg deposition in coordinated AI-copyright discovery, citing plaintiffs' opposition briefs rather than issuing substantive merits reasoning.