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Harry Potter publisher gets millions in AI copyright settlement

22 July 2026 · in 80 words

Harry Potter publisher gets millions in AI copyright settlement

Bloomsbury, the publisher of Harry Potter, will receive a multimillion-pound payout from a $1.5 billion copyright settlement with AI firm Anthropic. The London-based company had 14,087 titles listed in the settlement, with compensation of about $3,000 per title. The Anthropic settlement is the first major one from dozens of AI copyright lawsuits filed in the US.

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