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Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement

Bloomsbury, the publisher of Harry Potter, will receive millions of dollars as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn copyright settlement between AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of their protected work to power chatbots. Bloomsbury said it had 14,087 titles listed within the settlement, with a proposed compensation of about $3,000 each.

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Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement
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By Dan Milmo and Mark SweneySource:

The Guardian TechnologyBloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed within settlement between AI startup and authors over use of protected work

The publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn copyright settlement between AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of their protected work to power chatbots.

Bloomsbury, which is home to bestselling novelists Sarah J Maas and Susanna Clarke as well as JK Rowling, said it had 14,087 titles listed within the settlement, with a proposed compensation of about $3,000 each.

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