Anthropic’s AI Piracy Settlement Is Getting Close to Final Approval
Anthropic’s AI Piracy Settlement Is Getting Close to Final Approval
Publish Date: 2026-03-24 17:59:00
Source Domain: www.cnet.com
- The landmark piracy lawsuit, Bartz v. Anthropic, is nearing its conclusion, with a proposed settlement nearing final approval.
- Anthropic is expected to pay a total of $1.5 billion, with authors receiving $3,000 per qualifying work.
- Nearly 100,000 claims have been filed and less than 0.5% of the eligible class members have opted out of the settlement.
- Anthropic has certified that it did not use pirated content in any released models and has committed to destroying all pirated copies of authors’ works.
- The court, led by US District Judge William Alsup, has organized an extensive outreach program to ensure qualified authors could join the lawsuit.
- The final approval hearing for the settlement is scheduled for April 23, with the last day for class members to file a claim being March 30.
- The settlement has garnered support from writers’ groups and organizations, establishing it as the largest copyright payout in history and the first major AI company settlement of its kind.
