United States of America: Judge approved final USD 1.5 billion settlement in class action lawsuit addressing allegations that Anthropic used pirated copyrighted books to train its AI model
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Judge approved final USD 1.5 billion settlement in class action lawsuit addressing allegations that Anthropic used pirated copyrighted books to train its AI model
On 20 July 2026, the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of the settlement in the class action lawsuit alleging that Anthropic downloaded books from Library Genesis and Pirate Library Mirror to train its …
Scope
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Copyright protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
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2025-06-23
under investigation
2025-09-05
under investigation