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Further to Monday’s surprise hearing, when Northern California District Court Judge William Alsup declined to provide preliminary approval for the Anthropic copyright infringement settlement due in part to “important questions to be answered in the future,” he issued a new order on Wednesday. That order provides the parties with 17 questions to address with “complete and succinct written answers” by September 23, ahead of the next hearing on the settlement. Judge Alsup poses a variety of complex “scenarios,” regarding everything from disputed or conflicted claims on the same work; works with multiple authors; and works where a third-party like a …
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