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sofixa an hour ago

No, courts so far in the jurisdictions which have heard such cases, have ruled it's fair use. There is plenty of ongoing litigation in many jurisdictions, so it's way too early to just decree "it's been determined". It likely won't be for years to come.

bscphil an hour ago | parent [-]

Why did Anthropic settle with authors for 1.5 billion then? Surely their lawyers must have decided there's a pretty good chance of judges ultimately deciding that it is copyright infringement?

rileymat2 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

They had illegally obtained books. 1.5 billion is an incredible deal compared to the per book infringement fine. https://fortune.com/2026/07/21/anthropic-copyright-settlemen...

hn_acker an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Anthropic settled because even though the training is fair use, Anthropic did not acquire all of the training material through legal means.

nativeit 24 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If a case is settled by the parties, it cannot be cited as establishing precedent.

xienze 30 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

You could also ask why the other side agreed to that settlement. It's not a one-way street.