Intellectual Property
Jun. 10, 2026
Authors must pursue AI copyright claims separately, judge rules
A federal judge ruled that authors who opted out of the $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement cannot sue multiple AI companies in a single action, finding they failed to show the defendants' alleged conduct arose from a common transaction or occurrence.
A group of opt-outs from a landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement with Anthropic will have to pursue their claims against six technology companies separately after a federal judge ruled they failed to establish a sufficient connection among the defendants' alleged conduct.
U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts granted the defendants' motions to sever, finding the plaintiffs failed to show a link between the actions of each defendant and therefore did not satisfy the requi...
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