Over the summer of 2025, the much-watched case Bartz v Anthropic took an unexpected turn: the parties reached a proposed settlement for US$1.5 billion. This development raises a number of legal, practical, and doctrinal questions — especially for authors, publishers, and institutions grappling with generative AI. But first, some background information on the litigation. The lawsuit was brought by authors alleging that Anthropic had used pirated copies of books (drawn from sites such as LibGen and PiLiMi) to train its models, without obtaining permission … (more)
[Despoina Farmaki, City Law Forum, 29 September 2025]
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