Federal judge approves $1.5 billion settlement for authors against Anthropic over copyright issues

Jul 21, 2026

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A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion settlement requiring Anthropic to compensate authors for using pirated books to train its AI chatbot, Claude. The settlement, which provides about $3,000 per book, has been claimed by 91% of the affected authors and publishers.

A federal judge approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement involving Anthropic, an AI company. The settlement compensates authors whose works were used without permission to train the Claude chatbot.
Each author is set to receive approximately $3,000 per book, with 91% of the over 482,000 books covered by the ruling already claimed.
The case was initiated by bestselling novelist Andrea Bartz and two other authors in 2024, marking a significant development in ongoing AI copyright litigation.
The ruling highlights that while training AI on copyrighted materials can be considered fair use, Anthropic unlawfully acquired many of these books through piracy.
Anthropic's deputy general counsel noted the ruling as a landmark decision in copyright law regarding AI training.

Federal judge approves $1.5 billion settlement for authors against Anthropic over copyright issues

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