Archive · 24 Jul 2026
Bloomsbury to Receive Millions in AI Copyright Settlement
Bloomsbury Publishing, the company behind Harry Potter books, is getting millions of dollars as part of a big settlement.
This settlement is because an AI company called Anthropic used books without asking the authors or publishers for permission.
The AI company had to pay a lot of money to make it right.
Bloomsbury and many authors will share this money.
The AI company says they didn't do anything wrong, but they had to pay anyway.
This is a big deal because many people are worried about AI companies using their work without permission.
Bloomsbury Publishing to receive $19 million from a $1.5 billion settlement with Anthropic.
Settlement resolves claims that Anthropic used copyrighted books to train its AI models without permission.
14,087 titles identified for compensation, with $3,000 per title split between authors and publishers.
Settlement approved by a federal judge this Monday, stemming from a class-action lawsuit filed in 2024.
Anthropic maintains that using publicly available material for AI training falls under fair use.
- Who
- Bloomsbury Publishing, JK Rowling, Sarah J. Maas, Susanna Clarke, Andrea Bartz, Anthropic
- What
- Settlement of a class-action lawsuit over AI training using copyrighted books
- When
- This week, with the lawsuit filed in 2024
- Where
- United States
- Why
- To resolve claims that Anthropic used copyrighted books to train its AI models without permission
Authors and Publishers
AI Companies
Use of Copyrighted Material
Authors and Publishers
AI companies should not use copyrighted books to train models without permission or compensation.
AI Companies
Using publicly available material for AI training falls under fair use.
- Settlement Amount
- $1.5 billion
- Bloomsbury's Share
- $19 million
- Number of Titles
- 14,087
- Compensation per Title
- $3,000
- Settlement Approval Date
- Monday
- Lawsuit Filing Year
- 2024