The major copyright lawsuit between authors and Anthropic over the illegal use of works to train the Claude AI system is close to ending, with around 100,000 claims submitted. Plaintiffs are pushing for final court approval, since the class has shown strong support. Once the settlement is approved, Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion, granting $3,000 per qualifying submission, with expected approval set for September 2025.
Authors accused Anthropic of illegally using over half a million protected works sourced from sites like Library Genesis and Pirate Library Mirror for their technology training. Since claims opened, only a small fraction have chosen to opt out. Anthropic insists no pirated data was involved in any public version of Claude, and has agreed to remove any unauthorized material related to the plaintiffs.
The federal judge postponed approval to allow more authors extra time to participate, resulting in extensive outreach by multiple communication channels. An online portal lists qualified works and key deadlines. The judge will reconsider final approval in April, with the deadline for claims set in late March. This agreement, backed by writers’ groups, sets a new record in copyright settlements involving artificial intelligence.
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