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Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval

TechnologyMay 16, 2026
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Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval
Lawyers accused of rushing historic settlement to seize $320 million in fees.

After several authors and class members raised objections to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement over its widespread book piracy to train AI, a federal judge has delayed final approvals of the settlement.

On Thursday, US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin declined to rubber-stamp what's regarded as the largest copyright settlement in US history. Instead, she wanted to better understand why some class members were objecting and opting out of the settlement. So, she asked authors to address key concerns of objectors, who argued that lawyers' compensation was way too high and payments to class members were a "pittance."

Ars reviewed several objections to the settlement, as well as letters from objectors who claimed that the authors' legal team was trying to unfairly shut them out from voicing concerns.

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