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Anthropic judge rejects $1.5B AI copyright settlement

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290 points nobody9999 | 3 comments | 09 Sep 25 08:46 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jawns ◴[09 Sep 25 19:02 UTC] No.45187038[source]▶
I'm an author, and I've confirmed that 3 of my books are in the 500K dataset.

Thus, I stand to receive about $9,000 as a result of this settlement.

I think that's fair, considering that two of those books received advances under $20K and never earned out. Also, while I'm sure that Anthropic has benefited from training its models on this dataset, that doesn't necessarily mean that those models are a lasting asset.

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shermozle ◴[09 Sep 25 22:25 UTC] No.45190184[source]▶
It's far from fair given that if _I_ breach copyright and get caught, I go to jail, not just pay a fine.
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dragonwriter ◴[09 Sep 25 23:04 UTC] No.45190669[source]▶
> It's far from fair given that if _I_ breach copyright and get caught, I go to jail, not just pay a fine.

This settlement has nothing to do with any criminal liability Anrhropic might have, only tort liability (and it doesn’t involves damages, not fines.)

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stingraycharles ◴[09 Sep 25 23:26 UTC] No.45190918[source]▶
Also, you can’t put a business in jail.
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1. bfdm ◴[10 Sep 25 03:43 UTC] No.45192968[source]▶
Yea we should change that. Corporate life without parole: sorry, you don't get to be a business anymore, bye.
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2. victorbjorklund ◴[10 Sep 25 07:15 UTC] No.45194311[source]▶
And all those employees and customers are punished for the crimes of a few.
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3. jjani ◴[10 Sep 25 11:08 UTC] No.45195995[source]▶
For egregious cases, yes. Absolutely. That very short term pain is almost instantly offset by the societal gain brought about by companies' better adherence to the law. It's incredible just how much good it would do, and how quickly this would happen.

And please don't assume a "you wouldn't if it was your own employer" - no, I very much would, despite the struggles it would cause.