# Authors and Book Publishers (class action plaintiffs)

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-07-20**: Final Settlement Approval — Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin signs off on the settlement, allowing distribution of $3,000 per work to copyright holders.
- **2025**: Preliminary Settlement Approval — Judge Alsup grants preliminary approval to $1.5 billion settlement after ruling on fair use and piracy.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement: fair use win, but no precedent
2026-07-21 01:02:08 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

A federal judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors and publishers, ending the largest copyright class action in U.S. history. The court previously ruled that training AI on copyrighted text is fair use, but that ruling will not bind future cases because the settlement avoided an appeal. The decision leaves AI copyright law in limbo for the legal industry.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/anthropic-15b-copyright-settlement-final-approval-legal-precedent

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