Levine v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

Summary

Eighteen authors and creators sued Meta Platforms over copyright infringement. The plaintiffs allege Meta used their copyrighted works without permission, though the specific works are not identified in the case caption. The lawsuit centers on copyright violation claims in federal court.

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Cause

17:101 Copyright Infringement

Entities in this case

Parties

Romanus Wolter (plaintiff) Liz Wilson (plaintiff) Erica Weitzman (plaintiff) David Weiss (plaintiff) Vendela Vida (plaintiff) Kirsten Vernon (plaintiff) Neil van Niekerk (plaintiff) Nick Thieberger (plaintiff) Robert Tannenbaum (plaintiff) G. Keith Still (plaintiff) Joel Simon (plaintiff) William Francis Shadwick (plaintiff) Ingrid Rojas Contreras (plaintiff) Rick Robinson (plaintiff) Sean Richey (plaintiff) Errol Reiss (plaintiff) Robert Pasnak (plaintiff) Hans Ochs (plaintiff) Michael Oberman (plaintiff) Meta Platforms, Inc. (defendant)

Docket entries

1. #32026-10-20

   Certificate of Interested Entities by Abraham Acosta, Jason Alan Jankovsky, Richard Antaramian, Carl Bauer, Joseph Buenker, Kathleen Cioffi, Angie Cruz, Kyle Cuordileone, Renee DiResta, Adam Dorin, Ric Dragon, William Francis Shadwick, Gabriele Galimberti, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Charles Givre, Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, Mark Goodacre, Mark Goodale, Mitche Graf, Andrew Hagerman, Barry Halliwell, Pete Havel, Kerri Hawkins, Ari Herstand, Leon Higley, Luke Hohmann, Ray Jackendoff, Marney Keenan, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Mark Koltko-Rivera, Raef Lawson, Paul Levine, Robert Long, John Lurz, Thomas Lys, Shannon McElroy, Emily Mendenhall, Mike Murphey Books, LLC, Mike Murphey, David Nelson, Petros Nicopolitidis, Nittany Valley Productions, Inc., John Noyes, Michael Oberman, Hans Ochs, Robert Pasnak, Errol Reiss, Sean Richey, Rick Robinson, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Joel Simon, G. Keith Still, Robert Tannenbaum, Nick Thieberger, Kirsten Vernon, Vendela Vida, David Weiss, Erica Weitzman, Liz Wilson, Romanus Wolter, Neil van Niekerk (Brannen, Elizabeth) (Filed on 10/20/2026) (Entered: 10/20/2026)

2. #22026-10-19

   REPORT on the filing or determination of an action regarding Copyrights (AO-121) (cc: form mailed to register). (Brannen, Elizabeth) (Filed on 10/19/2026) (Entered: 10/19/2026)

3. #12026-10-19

   COMPLAINT (Filing fee $405, receipt number ACANDC-22613208) against Meta Platforms, Inc.. Filed by Thomas Lys, John Lurz, Pete Havel, Kathleen Cioffi, Ray Jackendoff, Nittany Valley Productions, Inc., Mark Goodale, Paul Levine, Mitche Graf, Raef Lawson, Mark Goodacre, Hans Ochs, Neil van Niekerk, Luke Hohmann, Jason Alan Jankovsky, Marney Keenan, Vendela Vida, David Nelson, Romanus Wolter, Barry Halliwell, Charles Givre, Erica Weitzman, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Leon Higley, Renee DiResta, Robert Long, Shannon McElroy, Adam Dorin, Robert Tannenbaum, Rick Robinson, John Noyes, Kerri Hawkins, Errol Reiss, Gabriele Galimberti, Ari Herstand, Mark Koltko-Rivera, Joseph Buenker, William Francis Shadwick, Mike Murphey Books, LLC, Abraham Acosta, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Joel Simon, Kyle Cuordileone, David Weiss, Petros Nicopolitidis, Ric Dragon, Sean Richey, Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, G. Keith Still, Mike Murphey, Angie Cruz, Liz Wilson, Richard Antaramian, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Kirsten Vernon, Robert Pasnak, Emily Mendenhall, Michael Oberman, Andrew Hagerman, Nick Thieberger, Carl Bauer. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Brannen, Elizabeth) (Filed on 10/19/2026) (Entered: 10/19/2026)

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