Bartz v. Anthropic, order on fair use (23 June 2025): the central library (Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417-WHA (N.D. Cal. June 23, 2025), Dkt. 231, at 2)
Keeping a general library of pirated copies for possible future uses was its own use, judged apart from training, and it was not fair use.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“However, Anthropic had no entitlement to use pirated copies for its central library. Creating a permanent, general-purpose library was not itself a fair use excusing Anthropic’s piracy.”
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- Bartz v. Anthropic: order on fair use (summary judgment)
- Bartz v. Anthropic, order on fair use (23 June 2025): training was transformative (Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417-WHA (N.D. Cal. June 23, 2025), Dkt. 231, at 13)
- Bartz v. Anthropic, order on fair use (23 June 2025): pirated library copies (Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417-WHA (N.D. Cal. June 23, 2025), Dkt. 231, at 19)
- Bartz v. Anthropic, order on fair use (23 June 2025): the market for licensing books for training (Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417-WHA (N.D. Cal. June 23, 2025), Dkt. 231, at 28)
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