rich1.0David wroteDavid (npub1cf…7khav)https://yabu.me/npub1cfhh50298407nqc9pf2ahdn5dcxuxkzhpextg07rrv49tzsyzz5sq7khavnjumphttps://yabu.meAnthropic bought, cut, and scanned millions of used books for its "research library."
The company also downloaded over 7 million pirated books, the judge found.
The judge wrote that training Claude on copyrighted books it had purchased was fair use, but piracy wasn't.
https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-cut-pirated-millions-used-books-train-claude-copyright-2025-6