UK's Bloomsbury among beneficiaries of $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright lawsuit settlement

FILE PHOTO: Books from the Harry Potter series by author J.K. Rowling are seen on a shelf inside Widnes Library in Widnes, Britain September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo 22 Jul 2026 02:52PM July 22 : Britain's Bloomsbury Publishing confirmed on Tuesday it was among the beneficiaries of a landmark $1.5 billion settlement that resolves claims artificial intelligence company Anthropic used copyrighted books to train its AI models without purchasing the content.Here are some more details:• Bloomsbury said a U.S. court identified 14,087 of its titles covered by the settlement, with proposed compensation of about $3,000 per title, split equally between the author and publisher.• The settlement stems from a class-action lawsuit, approved by a federal judge on Monday, which was brought