Overview

• Filings say the agreement covers roughly 500,000 books and would mandate destruction of illegally sourced files while preserving use of lawfully acquired and scanned texts.
• In a June ruling, Judge William Alsup found training on legally obtained books could qualify as fair use but said storing more than seven million pirated copies was not protected.
• The settlement would avert a December trial where statutory damages could have reached up to $150,000 per work, according to earlier court guidance reported in the case.
• Plaintiffs describe the proposal as the largest publicly known copyright compensation to date, though it remains subject to judicial review.
• The deal would not resolve other disputes involving Anthropic or industry peers, and a separate lawsuit was filed this week alleging similar conduct by Apple.