CopyrightN.D. Cal.3:26-cv-04482

Cruz v. Anthropic PBC

Summary

Authors sue Anthropic for training AI on their copyrighted books without permission.

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Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Docket no.
3:26-cv-04482
Nature of suit
Copyright
Filed
2026-05-13
Last filing
2026-05-15

Cause

17:501 Copyright Infringement

Parties

Anthropic PBC Vendela Vida Lynn Sonberg Book Associates Lynn Sonberg Daniel James Marla Heller Ron Hall Michael Goodrich Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve Walter Gmelch John Ferejohn Dave Eggers Jaquira Diaz Carolina De Robertis Aya de Leon Brian Copeland Sinan Ciddi Kerry Chance Dennis Carstens Jim Campbell

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