Judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement in case over training Claude on pirated books

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A U.S. federal judge has approved Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit

over using pirated books to train the Claude chatbot. About 91% of the 482,000 books involved have been claimed by authors or publishers, with compensation of approximately $3,000 per book. Plaintiff lawyers call this 'the largest copyright recovery known in history,' while Anthropic emphasizes that the court had previously ruled that training AI with books constitutes fair use.

Thriller novelist Andrea Bartz is photographed in her home, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said in a Monday ruling that the class-action settlement provides “meaningful relief” to affected authors and publishers.

About 91% of the more than 482,000 books covered by the ruling have been claimed by authors or publishers who are now due payment.

“We are pleased that more than 91% of authors and publishers covered by the settlement have claimed their share of the payment, and we’re looking forward to bringing this matter to a close,” Sridhar said in a written statement.

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