UK's Bloomsbury among beneficiaries of $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright lawsuit settlement

UK's Bloomsbury among beneficiaries of $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright lawsuit settlement July 22 : Britain's Bloomsbury Publishing confirmed on Tuesday it was among the beneficiaries of a landmark $1.5 billion settlement that resolves claims artificial intelligence company Anthropic used copyrighted books to train its AI models without purchasing the content. Here are some more details: • Bloomsbury said a U.S. court identified 14,087 of its titles covered by the settlement, with proposed compensation of about $3,000 per title, split equally between the author and publisher. • The settlement stems from a class-action lawsuit, approved by a federal judge on Monday, which was brought by authors who alleged Anthropic used their books without permission to train its Claude AI chatbot. • The settlement is the largest known copyright payout in U.S. history. • The British company said settlement proceeds would be spread over several payments estimated to begin in the second half of the financial year. [Image text:] HARRYPOTTER m.HARRYPOTTER J.K.ROWLING HARRY POTTER J.K.ROWLING HARRY POTTER onerofAzkaba Chasa andth and the HARR: OrdurerthePho FREUTERS