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27 August 2025NewsCopyrightMarisa Woutersen

Anthropic avoids damages risk in deal with authors over AI training

The AI platform settles an historic class-action lawsuit over the use of pirated books to train its Claude AI, following key rulings on fair use and class certification.

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Pressure mounts for Anthropic as judge allows authors to include pirated datasets in claims
18 July 2025   GenAI developer behind Claude could face potentially ‘enormous’ damages | Decision sets precedent that could result in several million copyright owners claiming infringement | Judge Alsup’s ‘cavalier’ attitude towards piracy may result in damages so high that Anthropic may settle, says commentator.
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9 July 2025   Two pivotal rulings regarding the use of copyrighted works to train genAI models may reshape the legal landscape for developers, rights holders, and AI platforms, writes Michael Graif of Brown Rudnick.
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24 October 2023   While Universal and Concord accuse the AI platform of training its systems using copyrighted music lyrics for Claude, the case for harmonised regulation of generative AI builds, finds Marisa Woutersen.


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