Winspear v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Summary
Eighteen authors and writers are suing Meta Platforms for copyright infringement in federal court. The plaintiffs allege Meta unlawfully used their copyrighted written works without permission. The case centers on whether Meta's use of the authors' works violates U.S. copyright law.
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Counsel of record
- Stris & Maher LLPElizabeth Rogers Brannen
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- Docket no.
- 3:26-cv-12100
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Lisa J. Cisneros
- Filed
- 2026-10-19
- Last filing
- 2026-10-21
Cause
17:101 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Janet Sorensen (plaintiff) J. Dylan Yates (plaintiff) David Wolman (plaintiff) Bettina Williford (plaintiff) Robert Wettemann (plaintiff) Richard Waters (plaintiff) Justin Velez-Hagan (plaintiff) Mark Spragg (plaintiff) Todd Shuster (plaintiff) Theodore Savas (plaintiff) Tony Rothman (plaintiff) Bob Rosner (plaintiff) David Rollins (plaintiff) Edward Pollack (plaintiff) Minxin Pei (plaintiff) Joshua Patrick (plaintiff) Rachel Nuwer (plaintiff) Marsha J. Means (plaintiff) Robert McEntarffer (plaintiff) Meta Platforms, Inc. (defendant)
Docket entries
- #12026-10-19
COMPLAINT against Meta Platforms, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACANDC-22610269.). Filed by Mary Karlin, Gordon Inkeles, Silvia Foti, Aaron Bubbico, Jeannette Graulau, Carol Ekarius, Blaise Aguirre, Jacqueline Winspear, Julen Etxabe, Andrew Hargreaves, John Ebert, Rachel Nuwer, Richard Waters, Raymond Greenwell, Reyna Grande, Daniel Gumbiner, Bettina Williford, Jeanne Marecek, Janet Sorensen, Donald Firesmith, Stephen Diamond, J. Dylan Yates, Bob Rosner, Laura Gompertz, Josephine Caust, Paul Herman, Joseph Kertes, Gene Cogorno, Mark Spragg, David Rollins, Robert McEntarffer, Eric Gale, Minxin Pei, Harvey Deutschendorf, Dawn Gilpin, Owen Gutfreund, Goldie Browning, Tony Rothman, Elisabeth Lloyd, Philippe Kruchten, John Bair, Theodore Savas, Christine Carpenito, David Wolman, Oleksandr Maslov, Jessa Crispin, Edward Pollack, Roger Dooley, Todd Shuster, Michelle Leder, Jeff Carollo, Robert Bell, Dave Kerpen, Robert Wettemann, Joshua Patrick, Gary Lamberti, Marsha J. Means, Robert Ficociello, Justin Velez-Hagan, Alexandra Berlina. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Brannen, Elizabeth) (Filed on 10/19/2026) (Entered: 10/19/2026)
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