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Anthropic judge rejects $1.5B AI copyright settlement

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290 points nobody9999 | 1 comments | 09 Sep 25 08:46 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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anp ◴[09 Sep 25 23:36 UTC] No.45191029[source]▶
Comments so far seem to be focusing on the rejection without considering the stated reasons for rejection. AFAICT Alsup is saying that the problems are procedural (how do payouts happen, does the agreement indemnify Anthropic from civil “double jeopardy”, etc), not that he’s rejecting the negotiated payout. Definitely not a lawyer but it seems to me like the negotiators could address the rejection without changing any dollar numbers.
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1. qingcharles ◴[10 Sep 25 20:14 UTC] No.45202960[source]▶
Exactly. The judge is doing exactly what he's designed to do in a civil case -- help forge an agreement between the parties that doesn't come back to bite anyone in the future. The last thing a judge wants is a case getting reopened and relitigated a year from now because there was a "bug" in the settlement.