Synthesis history

4 versions, newest first.

Version 4 2026-07-31 18:21 UTC · 70 items

The new items add organizational voices absent from the prior synthesis: Authors Alliance tracked a January 2026 judge change and updated opt-out deadlines in Bartz v. Anthropic [^42362], and the Society of Authors (UK)…
Version 3 2026-07-30 08:07 UTC · 50 items

The new items fill in the Google v. SerpApi case history missing from the prior synthesis: Google filed the suit in December 2025 describing SerpApi as 'parasitic' [^41930][^41931], SerpApi responded with a motion to di…
Version 2 2026-07-29 02:13 UTC · 42 items

Two substantive developments not in the prior synthesis: opt-out authors confirmed to have filed a separate copyright lawsuit in May 2026 requesting a jury trial [^41841], closing the open question about whether they wo…
Version 1 2026-07-27 18:11 UTC · 27 items

A federal judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors on July 20–21, 2026, making it both the largest copyright class-action ever certified and the largest copyright settlement in history […