Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Settlement Sets ~$3,000 Per-Book Valuation for AI Training Use

A federal judge granted final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors whose copyrighted books trained its AI models without permission. The deal values each book at roughly $3,000 — a concrete per-work figure opposing counsel will cite in remaining and future copyright cases against AI companies. Over 91% of eligible authors claimed their share.