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Title: Anthropic will pay a record-breaking $1.5 billion to settle copyright
lawsuit with authors

Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:28:00 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/anthropic-will-pa...

Anthropic will pay a record-breaking $1.5 billion to settle a class action
lawsuit piracy lawsuit brought by authors and publishers. The settlement is
the largest-ever payout for a copyright case in the United States.

The AI company behind the Claude chatbot reached a settlement in the case
last week, but terms of the agreement weren't disclosed at the time. Now, The
New York Times reports that the 500,000 authors involved in the case will get
$3,000 per work.

ΓÇ£In June, the District Court issued a landmark ruling on AI development and
copyright law, finding that Anthropic's approach to training AI models
constitutes fair use," Anthropic's Deputy General Counsel Aparna Sridhar said
in a statement. "Today's settlement, if approved, will resolve the
plaintiffs' remaining legacy claims. We remain committed to developing safe
AI systems that help people and organizations extend their capabilities,
advance scientific discovery, and solve complex problems.ΓÇ¥

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