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Company filingJanuary 21, 2026Bartz v. Anthropic · N.D. Cal., No. 3:24-cv-05417

Anthropic's interrogatory answer dates its Books3, LibGen and PiLiMi downloads to the day

In a response served April 22, 2025 and filed publicly on January 21, 2026 as an exhibit, Anthropic states that an employee downloaded Books3 on or around February 25, 2021, torrented LibGen between June 8 and June 19, 2021, and that two employees torrented PiLiMi between July 8 and August 10, 2022. These are Anthropic's own statements, signed by its counsel, not court findings; the court's June 2025 order gave only early 2021, June 2021 and July 2022.

Anthropic's responses to interrogatory No. 18 (Dkt. 554-6, RECAP) ↗Docket entry 554 on CourtListener ↗

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