Federal Judge Flatly Refuses to Let Music Attorney Donald Passman Exit Anthropic’s Class Action Settlement

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A federal judge has flatly denied veteran music industry attorney Donald Passman’s request to opt out of Anthropic’s settlement with authors. Unfortunately, that seemingly means a modest once-off payment will enable the Claude developer to lawfully “train” on multiple editions of All You Need to Know About the Music Business.Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín addressed Passman’s urgent request (and other late opt-outs as well as