Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Settlement: The End of Free AI Training Data and the Real Price of Books - July 26, 2026

Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Settlement: The End of Free AI Training Data and the Real Price of Books A federal court just gave final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion author copyright settlement, the largest in U.S. history, paying roughly $3,000 per book across nearly 500,000 pirated works. Rick Spair and Laura unpack how the ruling split fair use from piracy, why it sets no binding precedent, and how it is rewriting the economics of AI training data just as a new class action targets Goog...