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PolicyGlobal / Other·Ranked Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge

Federal judge approves Anthropic's $1.5B book piracy settlement with authors.

A federal judge has signed off on Anthropic's $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors who accused the company of training its AI models on copyrighted books, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an order on Monday, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín writes that the settlement will provide "meaningful relief," offering authors around $3,000 for each book […]

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