Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out
What's happening
A federal judge granted final approval of a $1.5 billion class-action settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, resolving claims that Anthropic trained its Claude models on copyrighted books. The court entered judgment and awarded plaintiffs' class counsel $101,561,111 in attorneys' fees. The settlement will provide authors about $3,000 per book, and only roughly 350 authors opted out after Anthropic moved to block last-minute opt-outs.
Why it's trending
Large dollar figure, concrete payouts per book, and the unusually small number of opt-outs after a last-minute block made this decision newsworthy now.
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If you write books, here is exactly what Anthropic's $1.5B settlement means for you today: roughly $3,000 per book and a court-approved judgment that closes Bartz v. Anthropic.
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- Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors
Anthropic blocks authors from opting out of $1.5B settlement at last minute.
Ars Technica AIJul 21 - Final class-action settlement approval granted, judgment entered, and attorneys' fees awarded in the Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright case
Today the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of the $1.5 Billion class-action settlement in the Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright lawsuit, and entered judgment. The court also awarded plaintiffs' class counsel $101,561,111 in attorneys' fees. Good work if you can get it! (They wanted $187,500,000.) [l
r/artificialJul 20 - Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train ClaudeHackerNewsJul 21
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