内容来源：https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-settlement-lawsuit-copyright/

内容总结：

人工智能公司Anthropic同意支付至少15亿美元，就作家群体提起的版权侵权集体诉讼达成和解，平均每部作品赔偿约3000美元。这起美国首例AI版权集体诉讼案的结果，可能为生成式人工智能与知识产权领域的法律争议树立重要先例。

根据周五向法院提交的和解动议，原告律师称此和解条款是"关键性胜利"，若进入审判程序将面临"巨大"风险。和解协议覆盖约50万部作品，最终数量可能随盗版材料清单确认而增加，每新增一部作品Anthropic需额外支付3000美元。原告方拟于10月前向法院提交最终作品清单。

原告方联合律师贾斯汀·尼尔森表示，这一里程碑式和解"远超任何已知版权赔偿标准"，首次在AI时代为著作权人提供实质性补偿，并开创要求AI公司向版权方付费的先例。美国出版商协会总裁玛丽亚·帕兰特的声明强调，和解协议传递出"AI公司不能非法使用盗版资源构建模型"的明确信号。

Anthropic在声明中未承认不当行为，称和解旨在"解决原告方的历史遗留诉求"，公司仍致力于开发安全AI系统。值得注意的是，今年6月联邦法官威廉·阿尔苏普曾裁定AI训练属于"合理使用"，但同时认定作者仍可就盗版行为提起集体诉讼——因Anthropic使用的训练材料包含从LibGen等"影子图书馆"获取的盗版书籍。

此次和解采用"选择退出"机制，对条款不满的符合条件的作者可自行提起诉讼。原告方已动议对"退出阈值"保密，公众将无法知悉具体退出人数。若和解获批，原告律师将建立可检索的作品数据库。

圣克拉拉大学法学教授爱德华·李评价该和解"条件公平"，是"公开报道中最大规模的版权和解"。但Anthropic的版权纠纷尚未终结，目前还面临环球音乐等唱片公司提起的歌词侵权诉讼，原告方正寻求增加其通过BitTorrent非法下载歌曲的指控。

中文翻译：

人工智能公司Anthropic已同意支付至少15亿美元，以和解一起由图书作者提起的版权侵权集体诉讼，相当于每部作品赔偿约3000美元。原告方在周五的法庭动议中强调，该和解条款是"关键性胜利"，若进入审判程序将面临"巨大"风险。

这是美国首例围绕人工智能与版权的集体诉讼和解案，其结果可能影响监管机构和创意产业对待生成式人工智能与知识产权法律争议的方式。根据和解协议，该集体诉讼将覆盖约50万部作品，但盗版材料清单最终确定后，这一数字可能进一步增加。每增加一部作品，该人工智能公司需额外支付3000美元。原告方计划于10月前向法院提交最终作品清单。

"这一里程碑式的和解远超任何已知版权赔偿案例，是AI时代的首创。它不仅为每部集体诉讼作品提供实质性补偿，更开创了要求AI公司向版权方付费的先例。"原告方联合代表律师、苏斯曼戈德弗雷律师事务所的贾斯汀·尼尔森表示，"此和解向AI公司和创作者传递了强烈信号：从盗版网站获取受版权保护作品的行为不可接受。"

Anthropic在和解中未承认任何不当行为或法律责任。"若获法院批准，今日的和解将解决原告方提出的历史遗留诉求。我们始终致力于开发安全的人工智能系统，助力个人与组织提升能力、推动科学发现并解决复杂问题。"Anthropic副法律总顾问阿帕纳·斯里达尔在声明中表示。

该诉讼最初于2024年在美国加州北区联邦法院提起，是科技公司因AI训练数据面临的一系列版权诉讼浪潮的组成部分。作家安德烈娅·巴茨、柯克·华莱士·约翰逊和查尔斯·格雷伯指控Anthropic未经许可使用其作品训练大语言模型，侵犯了版权。

今年六月，高级地区法官威廉·阿尔苏普裁定Anthropic的AI训练受"合理使用"原则保护，该原则允许在特定条件下未经授权使用版权作品。虽然这一裁决对科技公司有利，但存在重要限制：Anthropic在收集AI训练材料时，使用了从"影子图书馆"（包括臭名昭著的LibGen网站）获取的盗版书籍库。阿尔苏普法官认定，作者仍可就作品盗版问题对Anthropic提起集体诉讼。（Anthropic坚称实际未使用盗版作品训练AI，而是选择购买正版图书。）

"Anthropic下载了超过七百万册盗版图书，未支付任何费用，且即使在决定不再将其用于AI训练后仍保留这些盗版副本。作者主张Anthropic应为这些盗版资源付费，本裁决支持该观点。"阿尔苏普在判决摘要中写道。

文学界对和解条款的反应尚不明朗。由于这是"选择退出"式集体诉讼，对条款不满的符合条件的作者可申请退出并单独提起诉讼。值得注意的是，原告方今日动议要求对"退出阈值"保密，这意味着公众将无法知悉需要多少集体成员退出才会导致和解协议终止。

作者与版权持有人已被要求通过专用网站向原告律师提供联系信息。律师方表示，若和解获批，未来数周内将建立可检索的涉案作品数据库。

"我希望这份和解能获得版权方的广泛支持，"美国出版商协会主席兼首席执行官玛丽亚·帕兰特在声明中表示（帕兰特曾为和解协议提供咨询），"除经济补偿外，该和解方案的重要价值在于明确传递以下信息：人工智能公司不能非法从影子图书馆或其他盗版来源获取内容作为其模型构建的基础。"

"条款看似公平，"长期关注AI版权诉讼的圣克拉拉大学法学教授爱德华·李评价道，"这是公开报道中规模最大的版权和解案例。"

Anthropic的版权法律挑战尚未结束。该公司还面临包括环球音乐集团在内的多家大型唱片公司的诉讼，指控其使用受版权保护的歌词训练Claude聊天机器人。原告方正试图修改诉状，新增Anthropic通过BitTorrent点对点文件共享服务非法下载歌曲的指控。其律师近期在法庭文件中表示，若修改诉状申请被拒，可能就盗版行为提起新的诉讼。

英文来源：

Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of book authors alleging copyright infringement, an estimated $3,000 per work. In a court motion on Friday, the plaintiffs emphasized that the terms of the settlement are “critical victories” and that going to trial would have been an “enormous” risk.
This is the first class action settlement centered on AI and copyright in the United States, and the outcome may shape how regulators and creative industries approach the legal debate over generative AI and intellectual property. According to the settlement agreement, the class action will apply to approximately 500,000 works, but that number may go up once the list of pirated materials is finalized. For every additional work, the artificial intelligence company will pay an extra $3,000. Plaintiffs plan to deliver a final list of works to the court by October.
“This landmark settlement far surpasses any other known copyright recovery. It is the first of its kind in the AI era. It will provide meaningful compensation for each class work and sets a precedent requiring AI companies to pay copyright owners. This settlement sends a powerful message to AI companies and creators alike that taking copyrighted works from these pirate websites is wrong,” says colead plaintiffs’ counsel Justin Nelson of Susman Godfrey LLP.
Anthropic is not admitting any wrongdoing or liability. “Today's settlement, if approved, will resolve the plaintiffs' remaining legacy claims. We remain committed to developing safe AI systems that help people and organizations extend their capabilities, advance scientific discovery, and solve complex problems,” Anthropic deputy general counsel Aparna Sridhar said in a statement.
The lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2024 in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, was part of a larger ongoing wave of copyright litigation brought against tech companies over the data they used to train artificial intelligence programs. Authors Andrea Bartz, Kirk Wallace Johnson, and Charles Graeber alleged that Anthropic trained its large language models on their work without permission, violating copyright law.
This June, senior district judge William Alsup ruled that Anthropic’s AI training was shielded by the “fair use” doctrine, which allows unauthorized use of copyrighted works under certain conditions. It was a win for the tech company but came with a major caveat. As it gathered materials to train its AI tools, Anthropic had relied on a corpus of books pirated from so-called “shadow libraries,” including the notorious site LibGen, and Alsup determined that the authors should still be able to bring Anthropic to trial in a class action over pirating their work. (Anthropic maintains that it did not actually train its products on the pirated works, instead opting to purchase copies of books.)
“Anthropic downloaded over seven million pirated copies of books, paid nothing, and kept these pirated copies in its library even after deciding it would not use them to train its AI (at all or ever again). Authors argue Anthropic should have paid for these pirated library copies. This order agrees,” Alsup wrote in his summary judgement.
It’s unclear how the literary world will respond to the terms of the settlement. Since this was an “opt-out” class action, authors who are eligible but dissatisfied with the terms will be able to request exclusion to file their own lawsuits. Notably, the plaintiffs filed a motion today to keep the “opt-out threshold” confidential, which means that the public will not have access to the exact number of class members who would need to opt out for the settlement to be terminated.
Authors and rights holders have been directed to provide their contact information to the plaintiffs’ counsel through a dedicated website. In the coming weeks, if the settlement is approved, counsel says it plans to create a searchable database of all the works covered.
“I am hopeful that the settlement will receive wide support from copyright owners,” Maria Pallante, President and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, said in a statement. (Pallante consulted on the settlement agreement.) “Beyond the monetary terms, the proposed settlement provides enormous value in sending the message that Artificial Intelligence companies cannot unlawfully acquire content from shadow libraries or other pirate sources as the building blocks for their models.”
“Terms seem fair,” says Edward Lee, a law professor at Santa Clara University who closely follows AI copyright litigation. “It’s the largest publicly reported copyright settlement.”
This is not the end of Anthropic’s copyright legal challenges. The company is also facing a lawsuit from a group of major record labels, including Universal Music Group, which alleges that the company used copyrighted lyrics to train its Claude chatbot. The plaintiffs are now attempting to amend their case to include allegations that Anthropic used the peer-to-peer file sharing service BitTorrent to illegally download songs, and their lawyers recently stated in court filings that they may file a new lawsuit about piracy if they are not permitted to amend the current complaint.