Source: Understanding AI
by Timothy B Lee
“On Monday, a California federal judge ruled that Anthropic ‘downloaded for free millions of copyrighted books in digital form from pirate sites on the internet.’ Normally, it would be bad news for a judge to write that about your company. But the ruling is actually good news for Anthropic — and even better news for the broader AI industry. That’s because — if it’s upheld on appeal — it will give AI companies a clear blueprint for training models without running afoul of copyright. … it’s the first time a court has said it’s legal to train AI models using copyrighted content without permission from rights [sic] holders.” (06/24/25)
https://www.understandingai.org/p/the-first-copyright-ruling-on-generative