21 Korean authors' books eligible for compensation in Anthropic copyright case, including Han Kang

Oct 16, 2026 · Issue 10 · 5 sources, 6 articles

According to a 16 October statement from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, books by 21 Korean authors, including Han Kang and Hwang Sok-yong, are among the 482,460 works in the Anthropic copyright case. The authors may receive compensation.

Sources

• Works by Han Kang and Hwang Sok-yong also included in Anthropic copyright lawsuit ... 21 books by Korean authors eligible for compensation매일경제 · Oct 17, 2026
• Han Kang's Works Also Targeted... Anthropic Used 21 Books for AI Training Without Permissionnews.sbs.co.kr · Oct 17, 2026
• Anthropic trains AI on works by Korea authors without permissionchosunbiz · Oct 17, 2026
• Anthropic to Compensate Authors for Unauthorized Korean Book Usechosun.com · Oct 16, 2026
• The Shadow of Anthropic’s ‘Book Hunt’… Korean Works by Han Kang, Kim Young-ha Found in ‘Unauthorized Downloads’en.bizhankook.com · Oct 17, 2026

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