( March 6, 2026, 21:13 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US publishers including HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster sued Anna's Archive for direct copyright infringement in New York federal court, calling the defendant an "illegal supplier of stolen content to the AI industry." According to the complaint, Anna's Archive's model is to "illegally obtain, reproduce, distribute, and profit from works of authorship without regard to the authors, illustrators, publishers, and other creators who own, exercise, license, and make a living from their intellectual property."See complaint attached....
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