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highplainsdem

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Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:57 PM Friday

Anthropic has 'come to copyright' epiphany after Claude code leak [View all]

From Australian tech mag Startup Daily:

https://www.startupdaily.net/advice/opinion/anthropic-has-come-to-copyright-epiphany-after-claude-code-leak/

Irony passed away quietly this week while Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was in Australia lecturing local politicians on the importance of trust and safety in the artificial intelligence age.

The source code for Anthropic’s AI chatbot, Claude, leaked.

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Anthropic’s response was a “come to copyright” moment. The company began issuing takedown notices to GitHub, using the Clinton era Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

“We issued a DMCA takedown against one repository hosting leaked Claude Code source code and its forks,” the company said.

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Typical. The AI CEOs who think they're entitled to steal everyone else's intellectual property want their own protected.
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