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Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement

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Bloomsbury, the publisher of the Harry Potter series, has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5 billion copyright settlement between AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors. The settlement addresses the use of copyrighted works to train AI chatbots. Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles included in the settlement agreement.

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Anthropic agrees to $1.5bn settlement with authors.

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Bloomsbury is the publisher of Harry Potter.

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Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed within a settlement between AI startup Anthropic and authors.

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  • Anthropic agrees to $1.5bn settlement with authors.
  • Bloomsbury receives multimillion-pound payout.

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<p>Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed within settlement between AI startup and authors over use of protected work</p><p>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.</p><p>Bloomsbury, which is home to bestselling…

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Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed within a settlement between AI startup Anthropic and authors.

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The settlement is for $1.5 billion.

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Bloomsbury is the publisher of Harry Potter.

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Bloomsbury received a multimillion-pound payout from the settlement.

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The settlement is over the use of protected work to power chatbots.

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Anthropic settled with thousands of authors.

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