pirated

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Anthropic recently agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a copyright-infringement lawsuit over its use of pirated books to train its models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Variety called it "the biggest TV surprise" of 2025, and the show has even reportedly drawn a massive audience in China, where fans are watching pirated episodes.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Anthropic’s counter was that all of its practices—from the training itself to the utilization of books its engineers had alternatively pirated and purchased for Claude training—constituted an instance of fair use and were perfectly legal.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

Anthropic pirated more than 7 million books from Books3, Library Genesis and Pirate Library Mirror, online libraries containing unauthorized copies of copyrighted books, to train its large language models, according to Alsup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025

On board the ship, the speakers are playing an electronic track pirated from an unreleased Frankie Dena album.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu