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Anthropic agreed to a proposed $1.5 billion settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic over claims it downloaded pirated books to help train Claude.
If approved, plaintiffs’ counsel says it would be the largest U.S. copyright recovery to date. A preliminary approval hearing is set for today.
In June, Judge William Alsup held that training on lawfully obtained books can qualify as fair use, while copying and storing millions of pirated books is infringement. That order set the stage for settlement talks.
Settlement Details
The deal would pay about $3,000 per…
