Final class-action settlement approval granted, judgment entered, and attorneys' fees awarded in the Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright case

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The federal court approved a $1.5 billion class-action settlement in the Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright lawsuit, awarding $101.5 million in attorneys' fees.

Today the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of the $1.5 Billion class-action settlement in the Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright lawsuit, and entered judgment. The court also awarded plaintiffs' class counsel $101,561,111 in attorneys' fees. Good work if you can get it! (They wanted $187,500,000.)
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