From the Court Docket (9/25)
From the Associated Press
U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued the preliminary approval in San Francisco federal court Thursday after the two sides worked to address his concerns about the settlement, which will pay authors and publishers about $3,000 for each of the books covered by the agreement. It does not apply to future works.
“This is a fair settlement,” Alsup said, though he added that distributing it to all parties will be “complicated.” About 465,000 books are on the list of works pirated by Anthropic, according to Justin Nelson, an attorney for the authors.
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Alsup’s main concern centered on how the claims process will be handled in an effort to ensure everyone eligible knows about it so the authors don’t “get the shaft.” He had set a September 22 deadline for submitting a claims form for him to review before Thursday’s hearing to review the settlement again.
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From Reuters
Alsup declined to approve the settlement earlier this month and asked the parties to answer several questions. Alsup will decide whether to give the settlement his final approval after notifying affected authors and giving them a chance to file claims.
Plaintiffs Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson said in a statement that Alsup’s decision “brings us one step closer to real accountability for Anthropic and puts all AI companies on notice they can’t shortcut the law or override creators’ rights.”
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From Agence France Presse
“We are pleased the court has granted preliminary approval of the settlement,” Anthropic deputy general counsel Aparna Sridhar said in response to an AFP query.
“The decision will allow us to focus on developing safe AI systems.”
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From CNBC:
U.S. District Judge William Alsup initially expressed some reservations about Anthropic’s offer, including concerns over how to ensure authors would be properly informed. Alsup ultimately approved the settlement after “several weeks of rigorous assessment and review,” according to a release.
Alsup will consider final approval of the settlement once the notice and claims processes are complete, the release said.
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From The Bookseller
The suit – Bartz v Anthropic – was first filed on 19th August 2024 by three authors and included broad class action copyright claims against Anthropic over AI training. On 23rd June, Judge Alsup of the District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order indicating that copyright infringement claims related to Anthropic’s mass copying of books from illegal shadow libraries could move forward to trial and, on 17th July, he certified the class for these piracy claims, which by class definition includes publishers as well as authors.
However, on 25th August this year, the parties jointly submitted a statement of potential settlement to the court. Alsup must approve the entire proposed settlement before it can take effect, and additional details of the settlement will be fleshed out under the court’s supervision.
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