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AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuitwww.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/05/anthropic-settlement-ai-book-lawsuit
431 sats \ 12 comments \ @Scoresby 6 Sep AI
I didn't pay enough attention to this case, but seems like everybody and their brother is gonna try to get some of that AI money...(you ripped off my article, you ripped off my website, you ripped off my idea...
The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5bn to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.
The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge as soon as Monday, could mark a turning point in legal battles between AI companies and the writers, visual artists and other creative professionals who accuse them of copyright infringement.
The company has agreed to pay authors about $3,000 for each of an estimated 500,000 books covered by the settlement.
“As best as we can tell, it’s the largest copyright recovery ever,” said Justin Nelson, a lawyer for the authors. “It is the first of its kind in the AI era.”
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102 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 6 Sep
I've seen a number of these articles in Australia's left leaning mainstream media. About how artists have been ripped off and want to be compensated.
For the artists I guess it's worth a try!
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71 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby OP 6 Sep
Feels very shortsighted to me. Artists will only limit their exposure and cut themselves off by acting this way.
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162 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 6 Sep
Well, artists aren't exactly acknowledged for the work that the LLM's use. It's probably too muddy to get into a royalty scheme or compensation.
Anyway, it's always been this way. Other artists copying or being inspired by their work. I don't believe that copyright works even though it may be well intended.
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123 sats \ 1 reply \ @AngryMulbear 6 Sep
Inb4 content owners argue the information in our brains is copyrighted, and demand a monthly subscription to retain it.
All that knowledge you gained in school? The University is entitled to a percentage of your earnings, for life.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 6 Sep
100%
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123 sats \ 1 reply \ @phat0m 6 Sep
"Pay us what you own us," book authors said.
"$3000 per book" Anthropic replied.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 6 Sep
Lawyers the real winners here, as in all class action suits.
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123 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 6 Sep
Another cost that makes it hard to see how AI will be profitable in any productive way
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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @Entrep 6 Sep
Anthropic got caught red-handed with pirated books 😂 This settlement shows AI companies need to stop cutting corners and respect creators rights. About time they paid up and never do so again.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 6 Sep
I don't agree. Everything I've ever written is informed by what I have read. Essentially, it's training data for my mind.
I don't think people should be able to exert copy rights in this manner. Copyright is already too expansive. Settlements like this make it worse.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @joyfam 6 Sep
$1.5bn for training a chatbot from authors, I wonder what others will come for?
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61 sats \ 0 replies \ @lunanto 6 Sep
Here we go, everybody’s gonna claim their work was stolen by AI now. $1.5B? That’s just the start. Lawyers must be loving this AI gold rush.
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