Via @victoriastrauss: reminder of Anthropic settlement claim deadline.
Just a reminder: if your book or books are included in the $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement, the deadline to file a claim is fast approaching: March 30, 2026. Relevant resources: A note for Amazon Publishing authors like myself: Amazon will not be a claimant, and is assigning all rights of recovery to authors–i.e., ifRead More
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One of the things pointed out in the resources linked up thread 👆🏾 is that if *every author eligible* joins the class, that will likely end Anthropic--which is a GOOD THING on a variety of levels: authors get some money, one fewer GenAI/LLMs thieving regurgitron to steal from them.
But it's also good because it will put pressure on all the other GenAI/LLM companies.
So, sleazy lawyers trying to convince authors to opt out feels sus.
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The Authors Guild is also warning about people/lawfirms/scammers urging authors to opt out of the settlement, offering to get them $150K per stolen work as opposed to the $3K offered in the settlement.
BEWARE who you trust!
https://authorsguild.org/news/claimshero-and-anthropic-settlement-what-authors-need-to-know/
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litigation experience in federal court—is using online ads and other means […]
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For those authors who have considered opting out, hoping for a better offer/settlement, beware who you trust with your IP:
Via @victoriastrauss: "the minute the humongous Anthropic copyright settlement was announced, it became inevitable that unrelated third parties would seek to benefit...in this case, by convincing authors to opt out."
The enormous, $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright class action settlement is reputedly the biggest copyright infringement recovery in history. With such a high-profile case, it’s inevitable that eligible authors aren’t the only ones looking to benefit. Yesterday, the Publishers Lunch newsletter published a story about an Arizona law firm called ClaimsHero that has mounted a push,Read More
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Via @victoriastrauss, a comprehensive analysis and current status of the copyright class action against Anthropic, and the proposed settlement, as well as an overview of copyright law v tech corporations thievery; full of links to useful resources.
One of the most urgent issues confronting writers and other creators right now is the use of copyrighted material for generative AI training. The large language models that power chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude require “training” via the ingestion of vast amounts of text, images, and other materials scraped from the internet orRead More
You can now search for your titles and submit your claim for the Anthropic settlement, via this link:
https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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For the rest of Courtney Milan's thread:
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3m27nbdja322t
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The settlement in the Anthropic suit has been approved, but there's a lot that still has to happen before any money is disbursed; @victoriastrauss has a very good rundown in this blogpost:
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/bartz-v-anthropic-settlement-an-update-for-authors/
And as always, if you don't follow her/subscribe to her blog yet, you may want to do so soonest.
(the screenshots are related to the post, yet--and the last line is ::chef's kiss:: perfect)
News Summary: Really Sensible Licensing Offers Writers New Options; Anthropic Case Ruling Expected
Thanks to long-term indie friend Guy Gonzalez for sharing details of a new way of communicating how you want AI companies to treat the material to which you hold the rights. Really Sensible Licensing (RSL)…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/really-sensible-licensing/
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