Anthropic acquired millions of print books and pirated digital books for its central library, claiming rights to keep all works indefinitely without accounting. Legal issues vary for purchased versus pirated copies. Purchased copies were converted from print to digital, raising copyright concerns. Authors' complaints focus on the format change rather than failure to acquire copies legally. The transformation did not create new copies and was considered a legitimate use under copyright laws, as their format change was deemed transformative and did not infringe on copyright owners' interests.
Anthropic purchased millions of print books and pirated millions of digital books for its central library, claiming entitlement to all works worldwide without further accounting.
Anthropic's legal issues regarding copyright differ between the purchased and pirated library copies, leading to the need for separate examination of each segment.
Anthropic acquired library copies legitimately but faced complaints over converting print formats to digital, with a focus on whether this transformation violates copyright interests.
The format change from print to digital by Anthropic did not create new copies, eased storage issues, and was considered transformative under copyright law.
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