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#Anthropic to pay #authors $1.5bn to settle #lawsuit over using #pirated #books to train #AI

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/anthropic-to-pay-authors-1-5bn-to-settle-lawsuit-over-using-pirated-books-to-train-ai/

Anthropic to pay authors $1.5bn to settle lawsuit over using pirated books to train AI

Anthropic agreed to pay $3,000 per work to a settlement fund that is expected to cover roughly 500,000 titles.

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Fabrizio Musacchio Sep 6

"#Anthropic will pay at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it #pirated. The company downloaded unauthorized copies of books in early efforts to gather training data for its #AI tools."

https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-settlement-lawsuit-copyright/

Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement

Anthropic will pay at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated. The company downloaded unauthorized copies of books in early efforts to gather training data for its AI tools.

WIRED

PrivacyDigest Jul 30

#Meta #pirated and #seeded #porn for years to train #AI , lawsuit says
#artificialintelligence

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/meta-pirated-and-seeded-porn-for-years-to-train-ai-lawsuit-says/

Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says

Lawsuit: Meta may have seeded porn to minors while hiding piracy for AI training.

Ars Technica

eicker.news ᳇ tech news Jun 26

A group of #authors sued #Microsoft, alleging the company used nearly 200,000 #pirated #books without permission to #train its #Megatron #AImodel. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/microsoft-sued-by-authors-over-use-books-ai-training-2025-06-25/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug Feb 15

How to use AI illegal and make money as a "Tec Company" but in reality being an organized crime ad and data seller 😤

#Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of #pirated books for #AI training — court records reveal copyright violations

"Did they think they could get away with it?"
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/meta-staff-torrented-nearly-82tb-of-pirated-books-for-ai-training-court-records-reveal-copyright-violations

Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations

Did they think they could get away with it?

Tom's Hardware

Sean Fenian Feb 15

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/

Meta/Facebook #pirated nearly 82TB of #copyrighted #books to #train #generativeAI

“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed

Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.

Ars Technica

PrivacyDigest Feb 9

#Meta torrented over 81.7TB of #pirated #books to train #AI , authors say
#copyright #facebook #instagram #torrent

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/

“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed

Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.

Ars Technica

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Feb 8

#Meta Accused of #Torrenting 81.7TB of #Pirated #Books to Train #AI Models

https://ground.news/article/meta-torrented-over-817tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

Meta Accused of Torrenting 81.7TB of Pirated Books to Train AI Models

Unsealed emails reveal Meta employees knowingly used shadow libraries like LibGen and Z-Library for AI training, raising serious legal and ethical concerns.

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