Anthropic PBC implored the Ninth Circuit to pause a copyright lawsuit set for trial in December that could find the AI company liable for billions of dollars in damages for downloading troves of copyrighted books from online pirate libraries.
Without a stay, Anthropic’s reputation will be irreparably harmed when up to seven million people are notified that they could be members of a class of authors whose works were downloaded without permission by the company, according to an emergency motionfiled Wednesday.
Anthropic requested a stay by Sept. 2, the earliest the lower court could order parties to begin notifying ...
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