{"id":4162,"date":"2026-07-21T16:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4162"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:54:34","slug":"anthropic-authors-settlement-ai-copyright-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4162","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic\u2019s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">A federal judge has signed off on Anthropic\u2019s $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors who accused the company of training its AI models on copyrighted books, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-judge-approves-anthropics-15-billion-settlement-copyright-lawsuit-2026-07-20\/\">as reported earlier by <em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/28503369-anthropic-settlement-final-approval\/\">an order on Monday<\/a>, Judge Araceli Mart\u00ednez-Olgu\u00edn writes that the settlement will provide \u201cmeaningful relief,\u201d offering authors around $3,000 for each book allegedly pirated by Anthropic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cWe are pleased that more than 91% of authors and publishers covered by the settlement have claimed their share of the payment,\u201d Anthropic general counsel Aparna Sridhar tells <em>Reuters<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward \u200bto bringing this matter to a close.\u201d Anthropic is still facing copyright lawsuits from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/transactional\/chicken-soup-soul-publisher-sues-tech-companies-over-ai-training-2026-03-18\/\">Chicken Soup for the Soul<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/publisher-news\/article\/99347-authors-file-new-lawsuit-against-ai-companies-seeking-more-money.html\">several other authors<\/a> who argue that $3,000 per book isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/968724\/anthropic-authors-settlement-ai-copyright-approved\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge has signed off on Anthropic\u2019s $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 Mart\u00ednez-Olgu\u00edn writes that the settlement will provide \u201cmeaningful relief,\u201d offering authors around $3,000 for each book [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,175,925,193,46,74],"class_list":["post-4162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-ai","tag-anthropic","tag-copyright","tag-law","tag-news","tag-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anthropic\u2019s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A federal judge has approved Anthropic\u2019s $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused it of stealing their copyrighted books.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4162\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anthropic\u2019s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge - 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