Anthropic Settlement Approved
A judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion deal over books used to train Claude.
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U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín on July 21 approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion class-action settlement with authors and publishers who alleged the company downloaded pirated books to train Claude. The deal pays about $3,000 per eligible book to rightsholders whose works were taken from pirate sites. The settlement follows a ruling that AI training on books was fair use, while the alleged piracy claims could proceed. Only about 350 authors opted out of the class.
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