Anthropic to Pay $1.5 Billion in Copyright Lawsuit Settlement
The AI company will pay authors after being accused of using pirated book datasets to train its large language models.
Details of the Landmark Agreement
AI startup Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a high-profile copyright infringement lawsuit, according to a court filing on September 5, 2025. The suit was brought by a group of authors, including Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson. They accused Anthropic of using books obtained from pirated datasets, including from websites like Library Genesis, to train its large language models.
Under the terms of the settlement, which requires court approval, Anthropic will pay approximately $3,000 per book and destroy the datasets in question. The agreement marks the largest publicly …
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