TLDR: Entrepreneur Media, publisher of Entrepreneur magazine, has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms in a California federal court. The lawsuit accuses Meta of unlawfully using hundreds of its copyrighted business strategy books, professional development guides, and instructional materials to train its Llama large language models (LLMs), which power AI tools capable of generating content that competes with Entrepreneur’s offerings.
Entrepreneur Media, the long-standing publisher of Entrepreneur magazine and numerous business-related books, has initiated legal proceedings against tech giant Meta Platforms. The lawsuit, filed on November 6, 2025, in a California federal court, alleges that Meta engaged in widespread copyright infringement by utilizing Entrepreneur’s proprietary content to train its artificial intelligence systems, specifically its Llama large language models.
According to the complaint, Meta is accused of copying “at least hundreds” of Entrepreneur’s copyrighted works, including business strategy books, professional development guides, and instructional materials. Entrepreneur Media contends that this unauthorized use of its content has enabled Meta’s AI models to generate articles, advice, and other content that directly competes with the publisher’s original offerings.
Ryan Shea, CEO of Entrepreneur, issued a strong statement regarding the lawsuit: “Rather than licensing or even purchasing copies of Entrepreneur’s work, Meta—one of the largest, most well-known, and wealthiest corporations in the world—chose to simply take it. Stealing is not innovation, and taking decades of copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence is still stealing.”
The Santa Ana-based media company, which has been producing business publications for over five decades, is seeking unspecified monetary damages and a court injunction to prevent Meta from further using its copyrighted material. This legal action by Entrepreneur Media adds to a growing wave of lawsuits filed against major AI developers, including Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. These cases typically involve authors, publishers, and various media houses alleging the unlawful scraping and use of copyrighted material for training generative AI models without proper licensing or permission.
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Meta, like other technology companies facing similar allegations, has often defended its practices under the “fair use” doctrine of U.S. copyright law. The tech giant typically argues that the process of AI training transforms the data into new and non-competing outputs. However, content creators and publishers are increasingly challenging this interpretation, asserting that the unauthorized ingestion of their intellectual property for commercial AI development constitutes a clear violation of copyright. The outcome of this and similar cases could significantly shape the future landscape of AI development and content licensing.
