If your books have been stolen by Meta to train their GenAI machine, The Authors Guild has concrete steps for you to take today; also important to know that if your work was stolen, you are automatically part of the Kadrey v Meta class action in California:

ETA: I am told this only applies to U.S. authors/U.S. copyright holders.

@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia #IndieAuthors #GenAI #Meta #IPTheft #AuthorsGuild

https://authorsguild.org/news/meta-libgen-ai-training-book-heist-what-authors-need-to-know/

5/ See the #AuthorsGuild (@AuthorsGuild) response:
https://authorsguild.org/news/ag-responds-to-department-of-education-dismissal-of-book-ban-cases/

"The Authors Guild is deeply dismayed by the current administration’s recent decision to dismiss 11 complaints related to book bans and to eliminate the position of book ban coordinator. The Department of Education’s recent characterization of book bans as a “hoax” goes against the findings of multiple federal courts, which have found that certain of these laws violate the First Amendment rights of authors and students.

The issue here is not the removal of age-inappropriate, sexually explicit or obscene materials from schools; no one objects to that. The problem is the tendency to tar otherwise appropriate works with an accusation of “obscenity” because someone takes issue with the ideas contained in the book—more often than not works that are written by or stories that feature LGBTQ+ or BIPOC individuals. Some books have been removed because of challenges made by one or very few people, who often have not read the book."