--- title: Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved description: A federal judge has given final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors and book publishers, the largest in U.S. copyright... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-s-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved-qqvadlx6k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved | daily.dev og:description: A federal judge has given final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors and book publishers, the largest in U.S. copyright... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-s-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved-qqvadlx6k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QqvadLx6K.png og:image:alt: Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A federal judge has given final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors and book publishers, the largest in U.S. copyright history. The settlement pays $3,000 per work across roughly 500,000 works. The case stemmed from Anthropic downloading books from pirate sites to build its AI training library. While Judge Alsup had ruled that training on copyrighted text constitutes fair use, he found the piracy method illegal. Because Anthropic settled before appeal, the fair use ruling won't become binding precedent. Broader copyright lawsuits against Google, Meta, Midjourney, and OpenAI remain ongoing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much is Anthropic paying per work in its copyright settlement with authors and publishers? Anthropic's settlement pays $3,000 per work across an estimated 500,000 works, totaling $1.5 billion, believed to be the largest settlement in U.S. copyright law history. The payout resolves claims that Anthropic illegally downloaded and stored copyrighted books from pirate sites like Library Genesis and Pirate Library Mirror. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin gave final approval after Judge William Alsup's preliminary approval and earlier ruling. _Track how AI copyright disputes reshape training data practices with daily.dev._ ### Did the Anthropic copyright settlement establish that training AI on copyrighted books is fair use? Judge William Alsup ruled that training an AI model on copyrighted text counts as fair use, a decision widely seen as a turning point for the AI industry, but this ruling did not become binding precedent because Anthropic settled instead of appealing. Separately, he found that Anthropic's downloading of books from pirate sites was illegal, which led to the settlement over damages. _Follow how fair-use rulings for AI training could affect projects relying on scraped data via daily.dev._ ### Are there other active lawsuits against AI companies over training on copyrighted works besides Anthropic's? Yes, copyright lawsuits are ongoing against Google, Meta, Midjourney, and OpenAI over training AI models on copyrighted works. A group including Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and author Scott Turow filed a class action against Google alleging it used their copyrighted works to train its Gemini AI platform. _Keep tabs on the expanding legal landscape around AI training data with daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Federal judge holds back on Anthropic’s $1.5bn author settlement](https://daily.dev/posts/federal-judge-holds-back-on-anthropic-s-1-5bn-author-settlement-razagb7ke) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over ‘flagrant piracy’ of 20,000 works](https://daily.dev/posts/music-publishers-sue-anthropic-for-3b-over-flagrant-piracy-of-20-000-works-6falaorrx) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Authors say publishers want a cut of Anthropic’s payout, the NYT reports](https://daily.dev/posts/authors-say-publishers-want-a-cut-of-anthropic-s-payout-the-nyt-reports-x30tzdbwl) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-s-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved-qqvadlx6k) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-s-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved-qqvadlx6k","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-s-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved-qqvadlx6k"},"datePublished":"2026-07-21T00:15:33.119Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:30:05.016Z","description":"A federal judge has given final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors and book publishers, the largest in U.S. copyright...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/124ef20ef1e84b017ac665e08feea538?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/124ef20ef1e84b017ac665e08feea538?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-s-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved-qqvadlx6k","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"machine-learning,llm,anthropic","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-s-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved-qqvadlx6k#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much is Anthropic paying per work in its copyright settlement with authors and publishers?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Anthropic's settlement pays $3,000 per work across an estimated 500,000 works, totaling $1.5 billion, believed to be the largest settlement in U.S. copyright law history. 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