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They claim Anthropic used their journalistic content to develop its AI model, Claude, without proper licensing, leading to unjust enrichment.","category":"Media","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T17:45:45.612Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-19T17:28:15.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T17:45:45.612Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":60,"hype":20,"notes":{"trust":"One outlet provided a full report, while 28 others provided digests, with the central claim attributed to named companies.","critic":"The full report clearly separates fact from comment and names affected parties, but lacks detail on what happens next.","hype":"The language used is neutral and the headline accurately reflects the article's content."}},"tags":["#Copyright","#AI","#Anthropic","#Claude","#MediaLawsuit","#ArtificialIntelligence"],"entities":["Anthropic","Claude","Global News","Postmedia","Torstar","The Globe and Mail","The Canadian Press","OpenAI"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["A coalition of Canadian news publishers is suing AI company Anthropic in an Ontario court.","The publishers allege Anthropic infringed their copyright by using their content to develop its AI model, Claude.","The lawsuit claims Anthropic has been substantially and unjustly enriched by using the publishers' content without a licence.","This action follows a similar lawsuit filed by some of the same companies against OpenAI in 2024."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A coalition of news publishers, including major Canadian newspapers, has filed a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an Ontario court. The publishers allege that Anthropic infringed on their copyright by using their journalistic content to develop its large language AI model, Claude. The lawsuit claims Anthropic has been substantially and unjustly enriched to the detriment of the news media companies."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The statement of claim asserts that Anthropic breached terms of service and circumvented technological protection measures to copy content from the news outlets' websites. Publishers argue that Anthropic deliberately scrapes enormous amounts of text data from the internet, including from their sites, to ingest into its models and services without authorization or consent. This ongoing practice continues despite concerns raised by content creators through other lawsuits and public criticism."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The same group of companies, along with CBC/Radio-Canada, also launched a lawsuit against OpenAI in 2024, which is still pending. News publishers have been advocating for the federal government to address how AI systems utilize copyrighted content, particularly after the national AI strategy did not include provisions for this issue."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on specifics"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The full report from Global News states the lawsuit was filed on October 6. Digests from several other outlets, including Battlefords NOW, meadowlakeNOW, CFJC Today Kamloops, Medicine Hat News, and Ckpg Today, state that Postmedia, Torstar, The Globe and Mail, and The Canadian Press are among the plaintiffs alleging copyright infringement. These digests also mention that Anthropic infringed copyright by using their content to develop its large language AI model Claude."},{"type":"heading","text":"Omissions in coverage"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mention that the same companies also launched a lawsuit against OpenAI in 2024. 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