#bartzvanthropic — Public Fediverse posts

Just found out about this Bartz v Anthropic settlement where a copyright lawsuit is being brought against Anthropic for using pirated books to train AI models.

Once, I had an essay published in an anthology, so I used the Authors Guild search tool to look for the book, and it's included in the list of books being included in the claim. (I don't think I can file a claim though, since I'm not listed as the author of the book, so I emailed the editors to let them know the info.)

Anyway the deadline to file a claim is March 30.

https://authorsguild.org/advocacy/artificial-intelligence/what-authors-need-to-know-about-the-anthropic-settlement/

#anthropic #BartzVAnthropic #authors #AnthropicClassAction

Via @victoriastrauss: #WriterBeware: "A brief backgrounder on authors' class action lawsuit against Anthropic for unauthorized AI training, plus how you can find out if your books may be included and how to add yourself to a contact list for official class action notices "

#Writing #Authors #BartzVAnthropic #AnthropicClassAction

https://writerbeware.blog/2025/08/15/bartz-v-anthropic-find-out-if-you-may-be-part-of-this-class-action/

In a win for fair use and public access to information, a US Federal judge in the Northern District of California has ruled in Bartz v. Anthropic PBC (3:24-cv-05417) that training AI on copyrighted works is protected by fair use.

However, unfortunately, the judge also ruled the Defendant's downloading and storage of pirated books was unlawful.

Reporting: https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-training-ai-on-authors-books-is-legal-but-pirating-them-is-not/ (I think its behind CloudFlare but can't check right now. Is email walled)

Decision: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.434709/gov.uscourts.cand.434709.231.0_2.pdf

#Copyright #AI #Law #BartzVAnthropic #CopyrightReform #Anthropic #FairUse