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Bartz v. Anthropic: $1.5 billion settlement clears fairness hearing
Class action against Anthropic over training on pirated books concludes with the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history.
Why it matters: Judge Alsup's earlier split ruling — training on legally acquired copies is fair use, training on pirated copies is not — is now the operative line on AI copyright in the Northern District of California, codified by an industry-shaping settlement.
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