Anthropic Book Copyright Case: Myths vs the Real Ruling

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TL;DR: The Anthropic book copyright case is widely misreported. Judge William Alsup ruled in June 2025 that training an AI on legally acquired books was fair use, but that downloading and hoarding over seven million pirated books was not. Anthropic settled the piracy claim for 1.5 billion US dollars, roughly 3,000 dollars per book. The […]