CopyrightN.D. Cal.3:26-cv-05931

Shakespeare v. Anthropic PBC

Summary

Authors and publishers sue Anthropic for training AI models on copyrighted books without permission.

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Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Docket no.
3:26-cv-05931
Nature of suit
Copyright
Filed
2026-06-17
Last filing
2026-06-17

Cause

17:101 Copyright Infringement

Parties

Benjamin Mann Dario Amodei Anthropic PBC Kirk Zurosky Rebecca Zanetti David Young Florence Williams Ben Westhoff Patrice Washington Lemuel (Boo) Walker Lisa Turner Brenda L. Thomas Natalia Sylvester Kiki Swinson Empellon Holdings LLC Alex Stupak Jordana Rothman Gene Stone Jesse Stay DeForest B. Soaries, Jr.

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