The $1.5 billion settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, recently granted preliminary approval, is the largest copyright settlement in American legal history.
This shows that tech companies must play by the same rules as everyone else.
By eliminating shortcuts through piracy, [the Anthropic settlement] compels AI companies to engage with the legitimate marketplace for training materials.
Tech companies often ask for special treatment, arguing their innovations are too important to be slowed down by existing laws.
However, when these companies grow big enough to affect billions of people's lives, those early shortcuts become serious problems.
The Anthropic case demonstrates this pattern.
Author's summary: AI innovation can thrive within existing copyright framework.
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