{"id":127074,"date":"2025-07-17T14:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T22:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/17\/lsquostraightforward-piracy-in-anthropic-copyright-case-judge-oks-class-action-for-works-downloaded-from-pirate-sites\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T22:37:10","slug":"lsquostraightforward-piracy-in-anthropic-copyright-case-judge-oks-class-action-for-works-downloaded-from-pirate-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/17\/lsquostraightforward-piracy-in-anthropic-copyright-case-judge-oks-class-action-for-works-downloaded-from-pirate-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"&amp;lsquo;Straightforward Piracy&#8217;: In Anthropic Copyright Case, Judge OKs Class Action for Works Downloaded From Pirate Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthropic noted statutory damages for the use of millions of works could be \u201cruinous,  but District Judge William Alsup said, \u201cIt cannot be true that as the scope of copying grows, so does the impunity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/921816434\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/921816434\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/921816434\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/921816434\/law\/legal-news%2Chttps%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F75%2Fd9%2F9e322503437e994a2034ac308ebc%2Fwilliam-alsup-1-jpg767x505.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/921816434\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/921816434\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/921816434\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Anthropic noted statutory damages for the use of millions of works could be \u201cruinous,  but District Judge William Alsup said, \u201cIt cannot be true that as the scope of copying grows, so does the impunity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/921816434\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/921816434\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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