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Anthropic says proposed classes in US copyright case are overly broad

( April 17, 2025, 15:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Anthropic filed an opposition to authors’ request for class certification in a US copyright case over the training of its artificial intelligence. It argued that the proposed classes would sweep in a medley of “natural persons, estates, literary trusts, and loanout companies” from all over the world who are the “legal or beneficial” owners of these copyrights. But determining whether even a single asserted copyright is valid, and, if so, who or what owns it, is rarely straightforward and is often one of the most highly litigated aspects of any copyright suit.See attached file. ...

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