Anthropic book-training copyright lawsuit and settlement
What happened
An October 27 report said Anthropic trained Claude on books by more than 10 Stanford professors obtained illegally, and some authors filed separate suits. A federal judge ruled that Anthropic cannot build a permanent central library from pirated books, while also finding that training models on lawfully acquired books is fair use. In Bartz v. Anthropic, a $1.5 billion settlement covers nearly 500,000 registered works. The current status the report presents includes that settlement and the separate suits by some authors.
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- Hacker News front pageAnthropic trained Claude on illegally obtained Stanford professors' books
Anthropic 使用非法获取的逾 10 名斯坦福教授的著作训练 Claude，联邦法官裁定其不得盗版图书以建立永久中央资料库。Bartz v. Anthropic 的 $1.5 billion 和解覆盖近 500,000 部已登记作品，法官同时认定使用合法获取的图书训练模型属于合理使用。
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