US EditionJudge: Anthropic’s $1.5B Settlement Is Being Shoved “Down the Throat of Authors”
The $1.5 billion settlement would compensate authors about $3,000 per pirated book, but the court raised concerns over fairness and completeness of the agreement.
- U.S. District Judge William Alsup postponed preliminary approval of the authors' settlement, scheduling a September 25 hearing and setting deadlines for the works list and claims process.
- A trio of authors who sued last month allege Anthropic trained Claude using pirated material, arising from claims of illegal downloading and widespread piracy.
- The proposed settlement would provide $1.5 billion in relief, allocating about $3,000 per work, but U.S. District Judge William Alsup is disappointed key details on the Works List, Class List, and Claim Form remain unresolved.
- Judge Alsup, openly skeptical, expressed concerns about how the authors' claim process will be handled to ensure all eligible authors are informed, risking the $1.5 billion offer returning to trial in December.
- Legal observers note the outcome could shape AI training practices under U.S. copyright law, while Maria A. Pallante warned the court's approach could be 'troubling' and spark collateral litigation between authors and publishers.
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Judge puts Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement on hold
Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement has been put on pause after the federal judge overseeing the class action case raised concerns about the terms of the agreement. During a hearing this week, Judge William Alsup rejected the settlement over concerns that class action lawyers will create a deal behind closed doors that they will force “down the throats of authors,” according to reports from Bloomberg Law and the Associated Press. Ant…
Judge not pleased with Anthropic's $1.5bn AI piracy settlement; authors could "get the shaft"
Anthropic, operator of LLM chatbot Claude, proposed paying a $1.5bn settlement to authors whose books it pirated to build its $183 billion language model. The district judge in charge of the case finds it underwhelming, and even suggested it is being shoved "down the throat of authors." — Read the rest The post Judge not pleased with Anthropic's $1.5bn AI piracy settlement; authors could "get the shaft" appeared first on Boing Boing.
'We'll see if I can hold my nose and approve it': Judge hates $1.5b AI settlement with book authors so much he's taking 2 weeks to think it over
After spending nearly an hour mostly lambasting Anthropic's settlement, Judge William Alsup scheduled another hearing on September 25.
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