CLAIM-2026-08-31-09

Judge Alsup held in Bartz v. Anthropic that training on lawfully acquired books was fair use, and that Anthropic 'had no entitlement to use pirated copies for a central library. Creating a permanent, general-purpose library was not itself a fair use.'

Why it matters

The correction beat: the courts have not banned training.

Sources

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