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Judge Allows Writers' Lawsuit Against AI Copyright Violations

8/12/2025

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A federal judge has opened the floodgates for millions of writers to join a copyright lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic, accused of using pirated books to train its chatbot. Anthropic warns this ruling could spell disaster for the AI industry. In a parallel battle, Midjourney is being sued by Disney and Universal over copyright infringement, challenging the notion of "fair use" in AI training.

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A federal judge has opened the floodgates for millions of writers to join a copyright lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic, accused of using pirated books to train its chatbot. Anthropic warns this ruling could spell disaster for the AI industry. In a parallel battle, Midjourney is being sued by Disney and Universal over copyright infringement, challenging the notion of "fair use" in AI training.