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

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
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
This post was originally published at Planetside, SFWA’s online magazine. Copyright is a complex subject about which there are many misconceptions. I was reminded of that this week, thanks to an email from an author who discovered that several of their books were included in one of the databases of pirated works used by theRead More
If Your Publisher Promised to Register Your Copyright, Check Your Registration Now
A couple of years ago, while searching the US Copyright Office’s public copyright registration…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/08/29/if-your-publisher-promised-to-register-your-copyright-check-your-registration-now
A couple of years ago, while searching the US Copyright Office’s public copyright registration database on behalf of an author wanting to know if their copyright had been registered as required by their book contract, I decided on a whim to check my own copyright registrations. I hadn’t felt any need to do so before.Read More
News Podcast: Anthropic Class Action Deadline Nears; New Competency Tool for Editors
On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway reports on urgent updates in the Anthropic class action case, with a fast-approaching deadline for authors to register their works. He explains the…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-anthropic-class-action/
#Podcast #Anthropiclawsuit #classactiondeadline #copyrightregistration #editorialcompetencytool
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News Podcast: Anthropic Lawsuit Advances, Senate Grills Tech on AI Use, Kindle Colorsoft Gets Update
On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway explains a major development in the lawsuit against Anthropic, where a judge has allowed authors to proceed as a class in claims tied to piracy—potentially leading to…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-anthropic-lawsuit/
#Podcast #AIpiracy #Anthropiclawsuit #classaction #copyrightregistration
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With the chaos at the United States Copyright Office, alarms have been raised about potential issues with its certificates.
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/06/05/are-new-copyright-registrations-valid/