Anthropic moves to dismiss writers’ amended US copyright claims
( July 30, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Anthropic is attempting to dismiss authors amended US claims accusing it of copyright infringement. The company argued that the direct infringement claim fails because the authors haven’t shown that Anthropic’s Claude, an AI assistant, reproduces their books. Additionally, the new contributory infringement claim fails because plaintiffs don’t identify a direct infringer who ever received any piece of any of their works from Anthropic.See attached file. ...
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