Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle AI copyright lawsuit
Anthropic, the creator of the Claude AI model, has reached a settlement in the 'Bartz v. Anthropic PBC' class-action lawsuit. The company will pay approximately $1.5 billion to affected authors and nearly $19 million to publishers, including Bloomsbury Publishing, following allegations of using unauthorized works for AI training.
Court documents revealed a secretive operation dubbed 'Project Panama,' through which Anthropic allegedly acquired millions of books. The process involved using industrial equipment to cut the spines of books, scanning the pages at high speeds for digital training data, and subsequently destroying or recycling the physical copies. While the court ruled that training AI models on copyrighted material can be considered 'fair use' due to its transformative nature, the settlement specifically addresses the acquisition of pirated or unauthorized content.
Additional controversy involves ISBNdb, a bibliographic database that reportedly offered services to aggregate massive quantities of books for tech companies. ISBNdb has denied actually purchasing or destroying books, claiming its service was merely a market test. Reports from European booksellers also noted unusual large-scale orders for rare books in countries such as the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
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Anthropic · Bartz v. Anthropic PBC · Bloomsbury Publishing · Claude · ISBNdb
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- [○ 1 SOURCE] Bloomsbury Publishing and other entities will receive nearly $19 million from the settlement. www.elbuentono.com.mx
- [● 2 SOURCES] The court ruled that training language models on copyrighted material can constitute fair use under U.S. law. www.elbuentono.com.mx · www.diariodealmeria.es
- [● 4 SOURCES] Anthropic conducted an operation known as Project Panama to acquire and digitize books for AI training. www.elbuentono.com.mx · mesinfos.fr · uzone.id · www.diariodealmeria.es
- [● 3 SOURCES] Anthropic agreed to pay approximately $1.5 billion to affected authors as part of a settlement. www.elbuentono.com.mx · uzone.id · www.diariodealmeria.es
- [● 4 SOURCES] Anthropic's process involved cutting book spines, scanning pages with high-speed equipment, and recycling the physical copies. www.elbuentono.com.mx · mesinfos.fr · uzone.id · www.diariodealmeria.es
- [● 3 SOURCES] Anthropic used millions of books to train its Claude AI model. www.elbuentono.com.mx · uzone.id · www.diariodealmeria.es
- [● 2 SOURCES] ISBNdb denied purchasing, scanning, or destroying books for AI training, claiming its service offer was a market test. mesinfos.fr · uzone.id
- [● 2 SOURCES] The settlement was specifically related to the use of unauthorized or pirated works rather than the act of training itself. www.elbuentono.com.mx · www.diariodealmeria.es