A federal judge has ruled that Anthropic's use of copyrighted works to train AI is transformative and fair use.
An important caveat is that in this particular case, the authors conceded that "training LLMs did not result in any exact copies nor even infringing knockoffs of their works being provided to the public."
The ruling says authors are still free to sue in the future if they can prove those things happen.
You can read more about it here: cnbc.com/2025/06/24/ai-trainin…
Judge rules Anthropic did not violate authors' copyrights with AI book training
The decision is a major win for AI companies as legal battles play out over the use and application of copyrighted works in LLMsAshley Capoot (CNBC)
Mignon Fogarty
in reply to Mignon Fogarty • • •Here's another analysis of the Anthropic copyright ruling:
thefashionlaw.com/ai-co-anthro…
AI Co. Anthropic Nabs Partial Fair Use Win in Copyright Case
TFL (TheFashionLaw.com)Ben Ramsey
in reply to Mignon Fogarty • • •Dave Rahardja
in reply to Mignon Fogarty • • •“The purpose and character of using copyrighted works to train LLMs to generate new text was quintessentially transformative,” Alsup wrote. “Like any reader aspiring to be a writer.”
That sounds weirdly anthropomorphic.
Lena
in reply to Mignon Fogarty • • •Guillaume Rossolini
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