Gilbert v. Anthropic PBC

On 26 May 2026, Daniel Benjamin Gilbert filed a case in the US District Court for the Central District of California against Anthropic PBC. The Plaintiff seeks damages for copyright infringement alleging that Anthropic illegally downloaded, reproduced, stored, and retained a pirate copy of his book Hacking World of Warcraft without authorisation.

The Plaintiff's work was included on the Works List compiled as part of the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, from which he opted out to pursue this individual claim. His book appears in pirated online libraries including Library Genesis (LibGen) and Pirate Library Mirror (PiLiMi), from which Anthropic obtained the work. The Plaintiff alleges that he became aware of the facts giving rise to his claims through the Bartz v. Anthropic litigation.

Plaintiff brings a claim for direct copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 501(b), seeking statutory damages.

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