| ▲ | bscphil an hour ago | |
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. | ||