# Anthropic settles copyright lawsuit with authors of close to 500,000 pirated books

> One reason I'm so anti-generative AI is because many models rely on a data set containing written or visual work used without the original creator's permission.

- **Source:** [Pcgamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/us-judge-closes-the-book-on-first-big-ai-copyright-suit-ordering-anthropic-to-pay-usd1-5-billion-settlement/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a60b5f95ff4a84b02d31406)
- **Published:** 2026-07-22
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #claude #anthropic #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a60b5f95ff4a84b02d31406

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