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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 approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement over pirated books used to train its AI, marking the largest copyright settlement in US history and setting a legal precedent.

International Business Times UK · Jul 23

Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement

Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22

An AI startup has agreed to a $2.2 billion copyright settlement. But will Australian writers benefit?

Anthropic, an AI startup founded in 2021, has reached a groundbreaking US$1.5 billion settlement (AU$2.28 billion) in a class-action copyright lawsuit. The case was initiated in 2024 by novelist Andrea Bartz and non-fiction writers Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson.

The Conversation · Sep 10, 2025