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Anthropic has settled its copyright lawsuit brought by a class of authors for $1.5 billion. The proposed settlement, once approved by the court, will be split among the rightsholders of all of the books included in the class after administration and lawyers’ fees and expenses, and will pay out in four installments, with the full settlement being paid in two years. The list of plaintiffs receiving settlement money will continue to be finalized to be delivered on October 10. From that list, the settlement administrator will create a searchable database where authors and others can search for their works. The

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