Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement in authors’ class action copyright lawsuit gets approved
A U.S. federal judge in San Francisco on Monday (July 21, 2026) approved a $1.5 billion settlement in a copyright class action lawsuit by authors and publishers against Claude chatbot maker Anthropic.A preliminary approval of the settlement was issued in 2025 by Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and now Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin has issued the final approval. China issues 'backdoor' security alert over Anthropic's Claude CodeThe settlement is related to Anthropic using copyrighted works of authors to train its AI model.
- ▪A U.S. federal judge in San Francisco on Monday (July 21, 2026) approved a $1.5 billion settlement in a copyright class action lawsuit by authors and publishers against Claude chatbot maker Anthropic.A preliminary approval of the settlement
- ▪District Court for the Northern District of California, and now Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin has issued the final approval.
- ▪China issues 'backdoor' security alert over Anthropic's Claude CodeThe settlement is related to Anthropic using copyrighted works of authors to train its AI model.
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| Publication time | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:54:18 +0530 |
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A U.S. federal judge in San Francisco on Monday (July 21, 2026) approved a $1.5 billion settlement in a copyright class action lawsuit by authors and publishers against Claude chatbot maker Anthropic.A preliminary approval of the settlement was issued in 2025 by Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and now Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin has issued the final approval. China issues 'backdoor' security alert over Anthropic's Claude CodeThe settlement is related to Anthropic using copyrighted works of authors to train its AI model.
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