Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement
22 July 2026 at 14:28
Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work
The publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn (Β£1.12bn) copyright settlement between the AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of their protected work to power chatbots.
Bloomsbury, which is home to the bestselling novelists Sarah J Maas and Susanna Clarke as well as JK Rowling, said it had 14,087 titles listed within the settlement, with a proposed compensation of about $3,000 a title.
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