{"slug": "ai-companies-now-asserting-counterclaims-v-copyright-holders-anthropic-adopts-in", "title": "AI companies now asserting counterclaims  v. Copyright Holders. Anthropic adopts new strategy in AI copyright suits", "summary": "Anthropic has filed a counterclaim of non-infringement against opt-outee and book author Daniel Benjamin Gilbert in the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright suit, following a trend started by Nanoble, represented by Quinn Emanuel, which filed an indemnity counterclaim against Disney for allegedly violating terms of use for Nanoble's AI video generator.", "body_md": "**Nanoble, represented by Quinn Emanuel,** **may have started a trend in the AI copyright litigation. Nanoble filed an indemnity counterclaim against Disney for allegedly violating the terms of use required by Nanoble’s AI video generator. **\n\nWe can read more about that strategy here:\n\nNow, Anthropic has filed a counterclaim of non-infringement against Bartz v. Anthropic opt-outee and book author Daniel Benjamin Gilbert.\n\nIt’s unclear to me what is gained by formally filing a counterclaim of non-infringement as opposed to the indemnity claim by Nanoble.\n\n**Related Story:**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-companies-now-asserting-counterclaims-v-copyright-holders-anthropic-adopts-in", "canonical_source": "https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2026/07/30/ai-companies-now-asserting-counterclaims-v-copyright-holders-anthropic-adopts-new-strategy-in-ai-copyright-suits/", "published_at": "2026-07-30 12:48:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-30 13:02:56.149199+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Nanoble", "Quinn Emanuel", "Disney", "Daniel Benjamin Gilbert", "Bartz v. Anthropic"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-companies-now-asserting-counterclaims-v-copyright-holders-anthropic-adopts-in", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-companies-now-asserting-counterclaims-v-copyright-holders-anthropic-adopts-in.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-companies-now-asserting-counterclaims-v-copyright-holders-anthropic-adopts-in.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-companies-now-asserting-counterclaims-v-copyright-holders-anthropic-adopts-in.jsonld"}}