Why are they paying $3000 per book. Does anyone think these authors srll their books for that amount?
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Meanwhile it's not alleged that they redistributed the books in any form except as the output of LLMs (not any other form of redistribution).
This looks to be almost entirely a settlement for pirating the books. It does also cover the act of training the LLMs on the books, but since the district court already found that to be fair use it's unlikely to have been a major factor in the amount.