Show threadaztecladyAug 15, 2025

Via @victoriastrauss: #WriterBeware: "A brief backgrounder on authors' class action lawsuit against Anthropic for unauthorized AI training, plus how you can find out if your books may be included and how to add yourself to a contact list for official class action notices "

#Writing #Authors #BartzVAnthropic #AnthropicClassAction

https://writerbeware.blog/2025/08/15/bartz-v-anthropic-find-out-if-you-may-be-part-of-this-class-action/

Bartz v Anthropic: Find Out if You May Be Part of This Class Action - Writer Beware

Almost exactly a year ago, a group of authors filed suit against AI company Anthropic over its creation of an enormous library of digitized books to train its Claude LLMs. In addition to purchasing and scanning physical books (a la Google for its Google Books project), Anthropic also downloaded thousands of books that had beenRead More

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iam-py-testJun 25, 2025

In a win for fair use and public access to information, a US Federal judge in the Northern District of California has ruled in Bartz v. Anthropic PBC (3:24-cv-05417) that training AI on copyrighted works is protected by fair use.

However, unfortunately, the judge also ruled the Defendant's downloading and storage of pirated books was unlawful.

Reporting: https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-training-ai-on-authors-books-is-legal-but-pirating-them-is-not/ (I think its behind CloudFlare but can't check right now. Is email walled)

Decision: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.434709/gov.uscourts.cand.434709.231.0_2.pdf

#Copyright #AI #Law #BartzVAnthropic #CopyrightReform #Anthropic #FairUse