Anthropic defends its fair-use counterclaim in Gilbert copyright fight

Anthropic filed its opposition to Daniel Benjamin Gilbert’s motion to dismiss the company’s fair-use counterclaim in his pro se copyright suit over his book Hacking World of Warcraft, according to the filing. Anthropic argues Gilbert’s covenant not to sue over “training copies” does not moot the counterclaim, because it rests on his pending infringement claim and his position that the court cannot consider Anthropic’s purpose for making the copies — not on fear of a second lawsuit. Gilbert’s amended complaint states his claim excludes Anthropic’s “model training” use of the book, targeting only its retention as a “general-purpose resource.”