Lieff Cabraser is pleased to report that on July 20, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval to a $1.5 billion class action settlement resolving claims that AI giant Anthropic violated the copyright laws by unlawfully acquiring books. “The settlement is historic. It reminds us, as if we needed reminding, of the paramount importance of books in reflecting and shaping the best of our language and thoughts, and the importance of those who write and publish them. Rightsholders came together to call foul. This is just the start”, said Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Class Counsel Rachel Geman of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP.
The largest-known settlement of a U.S. copyright case, the lawsuit was initially filed in 2024 by writers who accused AI giant Anthropic, which created large language models including Claude, of large-scale copyright infringement. A few months before trial, and after a year of hard-fought litigation —including discovery into Anthropic’s book sources and large language models, summary judgment, and class certification- the parties reached a proposed settlement, which received overwhelming support from writers and publishers.
Learn more about the Copyright Claimholders’ class action lawsuit against Anthropic here.
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