Authors call for UK government to hold Meta accountable for copyright infringement

The letter asked Lisa Nandy, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, to summon Meta senior executives to parliament. "There is a longstanding contractual obligation that when third parties make use of an author's work they compensate us," said McDermid when asked why she signed the letter. "Adaptation, translation, photocopying – they all accept the duty to recompense us for making their work possible. "I'm a crime writer – I understand theft when I see it. And by using pirated material, Meta are stealing from us twice over.