- Anthropic has agreed to a $1.5 billion copyright settlement to resolve claims that it used copyrighted books to train its AI models without permission.
- Bloomsbury has been identified as a beneficiary of the settlement, with 14,087 titles covered and a proposed compensation of about $3,000 per title.
- As a result of the settlement, Bloomsbury is expected to receive a multimillion-pound payout.
- After deductions, Bloomsbury and the affected authors can expect to receive about $19 million (£14 million).
- The settlement is considered the largest known copyright recovery in U.S. history.
- 91% of the 482,000 works covered in the suit have been claimed.
- The U.S. district judge, Araceli Martínez-Olguín, stated that the settlement provided “meaningful relief” to affected authors and publishers.
A U.S. district judge approved a landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement involving Anthropic, which resolves claims that the AI company used copyrighted works to train its Claude AI chatbot without permission.1
Bloomsbury Publishing, the publisher of the Harry Potter series, confirmed it is among the beneficiaries, with 14,087 titles covered by the settlement. The proposed compensation is approximately $3,000 per title, split between authors and the publisher. After attorney fees, Bloomsbury and affected authors can expect to receive about $19 million (£14 million).2345
The settlement stems from a class-action lawsuit filed by authors, including novelist Andrea Bartz, who alleged that Anthropic used their works without consent.
91% of the 482,000 works covered in the suit have been claimed, marking this as the largest known copyright recovery in U.S. history.67
Anthropic's deputy general counsel, Aparna Sridhar, expressed satisfaction with the outcome, stating, “We are pleased that more than 91% of authors and publishers covered by the settlement have claimed their share of the payment.”
The settlement proceeds are expected to be distributed in several payments starting in the second half of the financial year, providing “meaningful relief” to affected authors and publishers, according to Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín.8
“The settlement covers 14,087 of Bloomsbury's titles at about $3,000 per title, with 91% of the 482,000 works claimed. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said the settlement provides 'meaningful relief' and lead lawyer Justin Nelson called it the largest known copyright recovery in history.”
The Guardian
