U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup granted preliminary approval for the $1.5 billion copyright infringement settlement between Anthropic and the class of author plaintiffs. The plaintiffs had filed additional documents on Tuesday answering the judge’s 34 questions and explaining the claims process. The documents also revealed that the final works list included 482,460 titles. Bloomberg reports that Alsup called the settlement “fair” and said the plaintiffs will need “excellent” lawyers to execute the claims process. He said, “We have some of the best lawyers in America in the courtroom right now and I think you can do it.” “This settlement …