The referee sets anthropic of 1.5 billion billion of piracy settlements on hold

Anthropic of $ 1.5 billion of Pirate settlement was paid after a federal judge who supervised the case of class action raised concerns about the terms of the agreement. During the hearing this week, Judge William Alsup dismissed the settlement over concern that action lawyers would create an agreement behind closed doors to impose “down the throat of the author” Reports from Bloomberg Lion and The Associated Press.

Anthropic agreed Pay the setting settlement last weekPutting a vacation from the title action of class from American authors who accused and training their models hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books. Judge Alsup Allow the action of the action class moves forward After the verdict of that anthropy Training AI Model on purchased books are counted as fair use, but that it could be responsible for training on illegally taken.

In addition to concern over the authors who are strongly armed in the signing of the agreement, Alsup says that more information on the process of requests for the inscription that was settled in the settlement should reconsider. “I have an uneasy feeling toward hangers with all that money on the table,” Alsup said, how he reported Bloomberg Law.

According to the settlement, authors and publishers would get about $ 3,000 for covered works. As he mentioned ApplyThe authors’ lawyer said that there could be about 465,000 books that could cover the settlement, but the Alsup was looking for a firm number to ensure that Anthropic was not affected by other lawsuits “coming out of the carpentry.” He added that class members will need “very good notice” to make sure they are aware of the case.

Maria Palante, General Manager of the Association of American Publishers, said in an industrial group supporting the author’s lawsuit Apply That Alsup has “showed a lack of understanding how the publishing industry works.” Palante said “class actions should solve cases, do not create new disputes and certainly not between class members that are damaged in the first place.” The author, Justin Nelson, said in the statement Bloomberg Lion that lawyers “deeply care that each proper demand receives compensation.”

Judge Alsup will review the settlement during the second hearing 25. September. “We’ll see if I can hold my nose and approve it,” Alsup said, according to Apply.