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Publishers and Authors Sue Meta, Alleging ‘Massive’ Copyright Infringement Behind Its Llama AI Service

The class action lawsuit, filed in New York, accuses Meta—and its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally—of building its Llama AI service with unauthorized copies knowingly sourced from illegal pirate sites.  
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/05/publishers-and-authors-sue-meta-alleging-massive-copyright-infringement-behind-its-llama-ai-service/

#AI #CengageGroup #Copyright #Elsevier #Hachette

Third Editor Fired in Elsevier's Citation Cartel Crackdown

https://www.chrisbrunet.com/p/third-editor-fired-in-elseviers-citation

#HackerNews #Elsevier #Citation #Cartel #Third #Editor #Fired #Academic #Publishing #News #Integrity

Here's another article that made it through peer review (at #Elsevier) with the false claim that all #OpenAccess journals charge #APCs. www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S002... #ScholComm

Update. Here's another article that made it through peer review (at #Elsevier) with the false claim that all #OpenAccess journals charge #APCs.
https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(26)00045-4/abstract

I only have access to the abstract, not the full text. If I learn that the article acknowledges that no-APC OA (#DiamondOA) journals exist, and even outnumber APC-based OA journals, then I'll correct this post. But I'll still criticize the authors and editors for publishing a false claim in the abstract, namely, "Open access (OA) publishing…requires article processing charges (APCs)."

📚💰 #Elsevier bravely tackles the scourge of #finance journal #citation #cartels by... disabling JavaScript? 🤔 Apparently, the real problem was #cookies, not crooked citations. 🍪🕵️‍♂️
https://www.chrisbrunet.com/p/elsevier-shuts-down-its-finance-journal #journals #JavaScript #HackerNews #ngated

Via #LLRX #AI #slop and the #destruction of #knowledge – Prof. Iris van Rooij, #Computational #CognitiveScience at the School of #ArtificialIntelligence, shares thread of her email communications w #Elsevier Helpdesk detail with concerns about #AI generated definitions and links within scholarly articles, and the fact that authors cannot say ‘no’ to their work being used for #AItraining and #AIgenerated # texts. https://www.llrx.com/2025/08/ai-slop-and-the-destruction-of-knowledge/ #education #learning #academia #teaching #knowledge

I’ve used Mendeley since I was an undergrad, but the bugs have worn me down and I want to switch. I think Zotero looks to be the best place to go next?

Now I just need to overcome the rage (and effort barrier) that I can’t transfer the library structure from Mendeley in one go, thanks for that Elsevier…

#Academia #ReferenceManager #Mendeley #Zotero #Elsevier

With everybody complaining about #BigTech , this is an interesting number about Elsevier in this post on X. It's a bit apples & pears ofcourse but still...
Elsevier has an immense profit margin of 37% 😮 , source: https://infrastructure.sparcopen.org/landscape-analysis/elsevier#:~:text=Elsevier%20operates%20at%20a%2037,operates%20at%20a%2023%25%20margin
#elsevier #publishers #science #profits #margin

@telescoper

Thanks for sharing this very interesting piece.

"This revenue is the largest contribution to the income that the #IoP needs to run its numerous activities relating to the promotion of #physics… Not surprisingly, these and other learned societies are keen to protect their main source of cash and have lobbied very hard for the #GoldOA #openaccess"

…thus supporting other #scientificPublishing players such as #Elsevier which don't promote much science with their huge profit.

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I had not see this #chemistry journal before: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/artificial-intelligence-chemistry That's a lot of #cheminformatics #chemometrics journals we have now. #elsevier

I had not see this #chemistry journal before: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/artificial-intelligence-chemistry That's a lot of #cheminformatics #chemometrics journals we have now. #elsevier

I had not see this #chemistry journal before: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/artificial-intelligence-chemistry That's a lot of #cheminformatics #chemometrics journals we have now. #elsevier

I had not see this #chemistry journal before: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/artificial-intelligence-chemistry That's a lot of #cheminformatics #chemometrics journals we have now. #elsevier

I had not see this #chemistry journal before: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/artificial-intelligence-chemistry That's a lot of #cheminformatics #chemometrics journals we have now. #elsevier

@gubi How did this move from #Mendeley to #zotero work for you? I've been using Mendeley since 2012 (so long before it was bought by #elsevier !) but the cloud version and this new Mendeley Cite thing in Word are driving me nuts today. I don't have time to wait for it to constantly think about every reference 😳 #ReferenceManager #academicchatter #academicmastodon #publishing

Would you like to speak to the manager? Now you can! En masse! The #StopElsevier campaign provides direct links to the #editorial boards of major #Elsevier journals, which can become your pen pals with the click of a button, to tell them about Elsevier's fossil fuel-promoting activities. 5/n

https://stopelsevier.wordpress.com/take-action/

#OpenAccess #EthicalScience #EthicalPublishing #EcologicalBreakdown #ClimateEmergency

Would you like to speak to the manager? Now you can! En masse! The #StopElsevier campaign provides direct links to the #editorial boards of major #Elsevier journals, which can become your pen pals with the click of a button, to tell them about Elsevier's fossil fuel-promoting activities. 5/n

https://stopelsevier.wordpress.com/take-action/

#OpenAccess #EthicalScience #EthicalPublishing #EcologicalBreakdown #ClimateEmergency

Would you like to speak to the manager? Now you can! En masse! The #StopElsevier campaign provides direct links to the #editorial boards of major #Elsevier journals, which can become your pen pals with the click of a button, to tell them about Elsevier's fossil fuel-promoting activities. 5/n

https://stopelsevier.wordpress.com/take-action/

#OpenAccess #EthicalScience #EthicalPublishing #EcologicalBreakdown #ClimateEmergency

Would you like to speak to the manager? Now you can! En masse! The #StopElsevier campaign provides direct links to the #editorial boards of major #Elsevier journals, which can become your pen pals with the click of a button, to tell them about Elsevier's fossil fuel-promoting activities. 5/n

https://stopelsevier.wordpress.com/take-action/

#OpenAccess #EthicalScience #EthicalPublishing #EcologicalBreakdown #ClimateEmergency

Would you like to speak to the manager? Now you can! En masse! The #StopElsevier campaign provides direct links to the #editorial boards of major #Elsevier journals, which can become your pen pals with the click of a button, to tell them about Elsevier's fossil fuel-promoting activities. 5/n

https://stopelsevier.wordpress.com/take-action/

#OpenAccess #EthicalScience #EthicalPublishing #EcologicalBreakdown #ClimateEmergency

@brembs and let's seize this opportunity to suggest everyone using Evil #Elsevier's #Mendeley software to dump it ASAP and migrate to #Zotero, @zotero #TeamZotero.