""Together, authors and publishers are sending a message to AI companies: You are not above the law, and our intellectual property isn't yours for the taking." - Andrea Bartz"
"The order on fair use granted summary judgment for Anthropic that its use of the works at issue for training and its scanning of certain works from print-to-digital format were fair, but denied summary judgment for Anthropic that certain pirated library copies of the relevant works must be treated as training copies and ordered a trial with respect to the pirated copies to determine damages, including potentially for willfulness."
"Earlier this month, Anthropic agreed to pay plaintiffs Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, Kirk Wallace Johnson, and MJ & KJ, Inc. and the Class what the plaintiffs called "the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in history, larger than any other copyright class action settlement or any individual copyright case litigated to final judgment.""
Plaintiffs filed a supplemental brief addressing outstanding issues after a preliminary approval hearing, including the plan of distribution. Anthropic agreed to pay plaintiffs and the Class what plaintiffs called the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in history. Plaintiffs allege Anthropic used hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books from unauthorized sources to train the Claude AI chatbot. Judge William Alsup denied Anthropic's motion to stay proceedings pending appeal. The court granted summary judgment that some training uses and scanning were fair but denied summary judgment for pirated library copies and ordered a trial to determine damages and potential willfulness.
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