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ninefathom • today at 12:47 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

While I love the sentiment, I feel like the odds of this actually ever reaching a trial are low, given the international positioning of the parties, and the... um... complex relationships involved.

Anthropic's actions seem performative. Others have already speculated on the likely audience(s).

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AdieuToLogic • today at 4:02 AM

> While I love the sentiment, I feel like the odds of this actually ever reaching a trial are low ...

As cited in a peer comment here[0]:

  In June 2025, Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District 
  Court for the Northern District of California ruled on 
  summary judgment that using books without permission to 
  train AI was fair use if they were acquired legally, but he 
  denied Anthropic’s request for summary judgment related to 
  piracy—finding that the piracy was not fair use.[1]
Of note in the judge's finding; "the piracy was not fair use".

0 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48667411

1 - https://authorsguild.org/advocacy/artificial-intelligence/wh...