Judge signs off on Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement
Reuters reports that a federal judge approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement on July 20, resolving a copyright case brought in the Northern District of California. The authors accused the company of training Claude on pirated books.
Per the Associated Press, the deal covers nearly half a million books said to have been downloaded illegally, with authors and publishers getting about $3,000 for each one.
Judge William Alsup gave the settlement preliminary approval in September 2025, then rejected it over concerns about attorneys’ fees. Final approval came July 20.
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Judge signs off on Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with authors
A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement with authors, per Reuters: $3,000 per work across an estimated 500,000 titles. Anthropic settled to avoid a jury trial over downloading books from pirate sites.
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