Judge Approves Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Settlement, a US Record
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-07-21
A US judge has approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion payout to authors whose books were used to train Claude, marking the largest known settlement in a US copyright case.\n\nThe lawsuit originated from writers suing the company for using pirated copies of their books. While the judge ruled that training AI on the books constitutes fair use, Anthropic remains liable for distributing the pirated texts.
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