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The Anthropic Settlement – what it is and isn’t (and who could get paid)
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com EDIT: On Sunday evening, Judge Alsup granted the motion for a hearing on Monday, September 8th, but expressed disappointment over lack of details, mostly on the issues I point out below. Sounds like he is unlikely to approve without those issues resolved. On Friday, both sides in the Bartz…
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Bartz v. Anthropic: A Preliminary Look at What LibGen Books May Be Included in the Class Action
The LibGen Logo For this post, we relied heavily on the help of Charles Horn, self-described “metadata wrangler,” for data analysis. As readers are likely aware, the Bartz v. Anthropic AI lawsuit had a couple of major developments recently. Though the lawsuit was initially brought to address the legality of…
The Public Interest Corpus Update – NYC Edition
NYU Law School Workshop Participants Last month, a diverse set of stakeholders gathered at New York University Law School to contribute to an implementation plan for The Public Interest Corpus. This workshop built upon the first project workshop held at Northeastern University Libraries in the Spring through (1) continued refinement…
Authors Alliance Files Amicus Brief Asking the Ninth Circuit to Review Class Certification in Bartz v. Anthropic
Yesterday, Authors Alliance filed an amicus brief, joined by EFF, ARL, ALA, and Public Knowledge, with the 9th Circuit in support of Anthropic’s petition to be allowed to appeal the class certification order issued in the lawsuit it is defending over the use of books for AI training. Class certification…