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Bloomsbury to Receive Payout from $1.5 Billion Anthropic AI Copyright Settlement
Summary
The UK publisher announced it will receive payments for over 14,000 of its titles included in a class-action lawsuit against the AI firm for using copyrighted books to train its Claude models.
Bloomsbury said Wednesday it will receive funds from a $1.5 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Anthropic. The case addressed allegations that the AI firm used copyrighted content without authorization to train its large language models.
Settlement Details
In a statement, the publisher confirmed that 14,087 of its titles were included in the settlement. Bloomsbury outlined the expected compensation and payment schedule:
- The company estimates it will receive approximately $3,000 per work.
- Payments are expected to begin in the second half of Bloomsbury's current financial year.
This development provides a financial resolution for the publisher regarding the use of its intellectual property in the development of generative AI.
AdLegal and Industry Context
The case, *Bartz et al vs. Anthropic*, was a class-action copyright lawsuit brought by authors over the use of their books to train Anthropic's Claude AI models. The settlement stems from a key court distinction.
The court determined that training AI on legally acquired books constitutes fair use. However, it ruled that using content from pirated "shadow libraries" does not qualify for the same legal protection. This ruling against the use of unauthorized sources paved the way for the significant settlement from Anthropic, marking a notable event in the ongoing legal disputes between content creators and AI developers over training data.
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