Economic Times Tech
7/22/2026
UK's Bloomsbury among beneficiaries of $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright lawsuit settlement
Short summary
Bloomsbury Publishing is among the beneficiaries of a $1.5 billion settlement with Anthropic resolving claims that the AI company used copyrighted books without permission to train its models. A U.S. court identified over 14,000 Bloomsbury titles covered by the payout, with authors and publishers receiving approximately $3,000 per title. Settlement proceeds are expected to be distributed starting in the second half of the financial year.
- •Bloomsbury Publishing benefits from $1.5B Anthropic copyright settlement
- •Over 14,000 Bloomsbury titles identified; ~$3,000 compensation per title
- •Payout distribution expected in second half of the financial year
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