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Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2026
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More money to persecute trans people incoming.
On the other hand, the money is being taken from a company that helped bomb Iranian schoolchildren , and has a CEO who desperately wants to do it some more.
~~The recipient doesn't really deserve the payout here, but the people who do will never be rich enough to get the lawyers to receive it. You've got to have (tons of) money to make money...~~
Edit : It turns out the publisher will be giving the proceeds of the lawsuit to the authors, which number in the thousands.
There's like 14,000 recipients here. It's not just about Harry Potter
Important distinction, thank you. From the article:
Corpo on Corpo violence