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AI path · course 119 of 142
$1.5 Billion for 500,000 Books
Beginner · 3 lessons · 0 complete
A federal judge gave final approval in July 2026 to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors and publishers — roughly $3,000 per work across about 500,000 books — the largest copyright settlement on record. This course explains what the courts have actually held about AI training and copyright, why acquisition matters more than training, and what it means for anyone building with data they didn't create.
