The Bartz/Anthropic Settlement is still a hot mess but at least it is the largest known copyright recovery of all time (for piracy)?

Over a year ago, this Kat reported on Anthropic’s motion for summary judgment that cited fair use (IPKat here). In August 2024, Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson alleged that Anthropic’s unauthorised use of ‘pirated’ copies and purchased print books (later digitised) infringed copyright in their works. While (the now retired) Judge Alsup found that the latter benefited from