News Summary: Writer Beware Warns Indie Authors May Be Excluded from AI Copyright Class Actions

Thanks to Jane Friedman for pointing toward the Writer Beware piece that forms the basis for this week's first story. Class action lawsuits taken out by rights holders against tech companies for alleged violations related to copyright law committed in pursuit of the development of large generative AI models. That's a general description of what we've seen a lot in the news. And we will be seeing it a lot more.
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https://selfpublishingadvice.org/indie-authors-may-be-excluded-from-ai-copyright-class-actions/

#AIcopyrightlawsuit #Anthropicsettlement #classaction #copyrightregistration #indieauthors

News Podcast: AI-Powered Scams Target Writers; Audible Opens Pop-Up Bookstore; Anthropic Fairness Hearing Update

On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway opens with an urgent warning from Writer Beware's Victoria Strauss about two new AI-generated scams targeting authors — one involving fake radio show invitations, one involving fraudulent book fair representation — and explains the telltale signs that give them away. He then reports on Audible's StoryHouse, a pop-up audiobook store in New York's Bowery modeled on a vinyl record shop, and closes with an update on the Anthropic settlement fairness hearing, including concerns about the $3,000 per-title payout and the US copyright registration requirement that overseas authors say is unfair to them.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-ai-powered-scams-target-writers/

#Podcast #Anthropicsettlement #AudibleStoryHouse #audiobookretail #copyrightregistration

News Summary: Anthropic Settlement Clears Fairness Hearing; Payout Expected for 93% of Eligible Titles

The Anthropic settlement has just jumped through one of the final hoops before people can expect the courts to order payment. May 14 saw the so-called "fairness" hearing. Now I will preface this as always by saying I am not an expert in the law, and certainly not US as opposed to UK law. On the other hand I've read a lot of coverage of legal cases over the years of reporting for this column (and even in my spare time).
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https://selfpublishingadvice.org/anthropic-settlement-clears-fairness-hearing/

#AIcopyrightlaw #Anthropicsettlement #authorpayouts #classaction #copyrightregistration

News Summary: Copymight Coalition Forms to Tackle AI Copyright Challenges

Thank you to a fellow ALLi team member for passing along what will be the penultimate story of 2025. One of the things that has been so notable about the news this year has been the sheer number and diversity of copyright issues…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/copymight-coalition/

#AIcopyrightlitigation #collectivelicensing #CopymightCoalition #copyrightregistration #independentauthorrights

The Anthropic Class Action Settlement: What You Need to Know Right Now

One of the most urgent issues confronting writers and other creators right now is the use…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/the-anthropic-class-action-settlement-what-you-need-to-know-right-now

#Copyright #Anthropicsettlement #ArtificialIntelligence #Copyrightregistration #Lawsuits

Protecting Intellectual Property: What Writers Need to Know About Copyright

This post was originally published at Planetside, SFWA’s online magazine. Copyright is a complex subject about which there are…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/09/12/protecting-intellectual-property-what-writers-need-to-know-about-copyright

#Copyright #Copyrightregistration
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