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Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval

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21 Jul
Anthropic claims local models are stealing from it, meanwhile it pays $1.5B for theft

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><ul> <li>$1.5 billion settlement largest known payout in U.S. copyright case</li> <li>Case part of a wave of lawsuits from copyright holders against

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
15 May
US judge considers Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of authors' lawsuit reut.rs/49J69Kv

US judge considers Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of authors' lawsuit reut.rs/49J69Kv

OPINION · WHAT · ReutersOPEN STORY
21 Jul
Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge

A federal judge has signed off on Anthropic's $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors who accused the company of training its AI models on copyrighted books, as reported

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
21 Jul
Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude

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20 Jul
Final class-action settlement approval granted, judgment entered, and attorneys' fees awarded in the Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright case

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Today the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of the $1.5 Billion class-action settlement in

OPINION · WHEN · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
7 Sept
Class action payout details for the author-claimant copyright holders in the Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright lawsuit

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>According to this <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69058235/688/bartz-v-anthropic-pbc/">Status Report</a> by the plaintiffs, the

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
29 Aug
Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic

Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for "tens of thousands"

REPORT · WHEN · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
21 Jul
Anthropic got sued for using copyrighted books for LLM training

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1v2dgs2/anthropic_got_sued_for_using_copyrighted_books/"> <img alt="Anthropic got sued for using copyrighted

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