AI Copyright Settlement Cases
We track every major AI copyright case involving books. One is settled and paying out. Two more are in active litigation. Be ready when they settle.
🟢 Active Settlement
Bartz v. Anthropic
$1.5B Copyright Settlement
Settlement fund
$1.5B
Eligible works
~482,460
Final approval
May 14, 2026
Anthropic used ~400,000 copyrighted books to train Claude without permission. The $1.5B settlement is pending final approval on May 14, 2026. Sell your claim for immediate cash.
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Authors Guild v. OpenAI
No Settlement Yet
Status
Discovery
Court
SDNY + N.D. Cal.
Settlement
Not yet
OpenAI trained GPT on millions of copyrighted books from Books3, The Pile, and other datasets. Multiple lawsuits active in SDNY and N.D. California. Join our waitlist for updates.
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Kadrey v. Meta
LLaMA Copyright Lawsuit
Status
Discovery
Dataset
Books3 / LibGen
Settlement
Not yet
Meta trained its LLaMA models on Books3, containing ~196,000 pirated books. Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and the Authors Guild are plaintiffs. Join our waitlist.
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