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The Receipt is the New License: Print Books Sourcing for AI Training

calendar_today March 24, 2026 person Val Giordano domain isbndb

In 2025, a federal judge handed down one of the most consequential copyright rulings in AI history. Anthropic (Claude AI) had purchased and physically destroyed over 2 million books as part of a strategy to acquire AI training data. The judge ruled it legal.

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