US judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of copyright lawsuit
The deal covers about 500,000 works and will pay roughly $3,000 per work after objections from some authors were rejected.
- On Monday, District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement resolving a class action lawsuit over the company's use of books to train its Claude chatbot.
- Now-Retired Judge William Alsup ruled that training AI on copyrighted text constitutes fair use, but found Anthropic violated rights by saving over 7 million pirated books to a "central library."
- The settlement delivers $3,000 per work across an estimated 500,000 books, with authors and copyright holders filing claims covering over 92% of works included in the agreement.
- Despite the record payout, some authors have opted out to continue separate lawsuits against Anthropic, viewing the settlement as insufficient given the legal resolution favoring the company.
- Publishers including Hachette, Cengage, and Elsevier sued Google last week over the training of its AI platform Gemini, as the Anthropic settlement leaves broader legal questions unresolved without binding appeals court precedent.
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Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Book Piracy Settlement Gets Final Approval, Even as Training AI on Legally Bought Books Stays Fair Use
A federal judge granted final approval Monday to Anthropic's £1.17 billion ($1.5 billion) settlement with authors over pirated books used to train its Claude AI chatbot, the largest copyright settlement in US history. The approval comes even as a separate 2025 ruling that training on legally acquired books is fair use remains untouched. US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín signed the order in San Francisco, confirming the deal resolves clai…
Music publishers file amended lyrics lawsuit against Anthropic – just as AI firm’s separate $1.5B settlement with authors wins court approval
The latest filing draws heavily on Anthropic's internal records, obtained through discovery, to support claims the publishers first brought in October 2023. Source
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