加州北区联邦法院已批准Anthropic与版权作者达成的15亿美元和解协议。1该和解针对这家AI公司使用盗版书籍训练Claude模型的侵权纠纷，法官Araceli Martínez-Olguín于2026年7月20日签署了最终批准令。1和解覆盖约48.2万至50万部作品，相当于每部作品约3000美元的补偿，成为美国版权史上规模最大的AI相关和解。1
然而，法院的裁定揭示了这起纠纷的复杂性。1法官Alsup认定，AI模型的训练行为本身构成合理使用，真正的侵权在于Anthropic从盗版影子图书馆下载700多万本书籍的行为，被法院描述为"固有、不可救药的侵权"。1根据版权法故意侵权的最高法定赔偿标准——每部作品15万美元——理论敞口曾高达接近1万亿美元。1此外，法院已澄明该和解不构成约束性先例，这意味着类似案件的法律框架仍待确立。1
面对AI训练数据的版权问题，美国国会正在推进立法解决。1CLEAR法案（S.3813，2026年2月10日提出）要求AI开发者披露训练数据中每一件受版权保护作品的信息；TRAIN法案（H.R.7209/S.2455，2026年1月提出）则赋予版权人通过行政传票要求AI开发者披露作品使用情况的权利。1
The Northern District of California Federal Court approved a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and copyright holders over the use of pirated books to train its Claude AI model 1. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín signed the final approval order on July 20, 2026 1. The settlement covers approximately 482,000 to 500,000 works, translating to roughly $3,000 per title, marking the largest AI-related copyright settlement in American legal history 1.
Despite the settlement's magnitude, the underlying legal principles remain contested. Judge Alsup ruled that the training process itself constitutes fair use, but determined that downloading over 7 million books from piracy platforms constitutes "inherent and irreparable infringement" 1. The theoretical maximum liability could have reached nearly $1 trillion, based on the statutory maximum of $150,000 per work for willful copyright violations 1. The settlement also accounts for approximately $122 million in attorney fees and litigation costs 1, while 350 class members chose to opt out, involving 1,802 works 1, and the court received 54 objections 1.
The resolution does not establish binding precedent, leaving broader questions about AI training data governance unresolved 1. Congress is advancing transparency legislation to address copyright issues in AI training: the CLEAR Act (S.3813, introduced February 10, 2026) would require AI developers to disclose every copyrighted work in their training data 1, while the TRAIN Act (H.R.7209/S.2455, introduced in January 2026) would allow copyright holders to issue administrative subpoenas demanding disclosure of how their works were used 1.
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