US judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of copyright lawsuit:
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Anthropic Reaches Historic $1.5B Copyright SettlementA San Francisco federal judge approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion AI copyright settlement in July 2026, the largest in U.S. history.
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- A federal judge authorized a $1.5 billion settlement resolving a class action accusing Anthropic of copyright misuse in training its AI.
- This settlement marks the largest known payout in a U.S. copyright case and the first major resolution amid multiple AI-related lawsuits.
- Anthropic was found to have stored over 7 million pirated books despite a prior fair use ruling related to AI training.
- Over 91% of the affected authors and publishers have claimed their compensation, while some opted out to pursue separate legal actions.
It is the largest known copyright recovery in history. We look forward to making distributions to the Class as promptly as possible.— Justin Nelson, the authors' lead attorney, in a statement
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