Textbook Authors File Lawsuit Against Meta

By Kim Pawlak

On July 2, 2026, a class action lawsuit was filed against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg on behalf of textbook authors whose copyrighted textbooks were used without authorization or compensation to train its large language model (LLM), Llama. Lead plaintiffs in the case are mathematics textbook author Michael Sullivan, anatomy and physiology textbook author Kenneth Saladin, finance textbook authors Zvi Bodie and Alan J. Marcus, anatomy and physiology textbook author Kevin Patton, and business communication textbook author Dana Loewy. Sullivan is also TAA Board Treasurer, Patton is a Past TAA Board President, and Saladin and Loewy are long-time TAA members.

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