Heads-up for published authors:

The deadline to join the Anthropic class-action copyright settlement is March 30. If you have published a book, you may be eligible to receive ~$1,500 per book, so it’s worth your time to check it out.

I had been putting it off and finally completed my forms last week.

Learn more at the Authors Guild: https://authorsguild.org/advocacy/artificial-intelligence/what-authors-need-to-know-about-the-anthropic-settlement/

Start the process: https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement

Updated February 18, 2026 IMPORTANT: The Claims Deadline Is March 30 Background  Bartz v. Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using books without permission to train large language models. It […]

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@grammargirl Saw this on Bsky just now:

@MaryAustinBooks @grammargirl

I filed mine a few weeks ago and got a thing in the post yesterday reminding me to file, so now I’ve no idea if they lost it or what. Any ideas how to check?

@david_chisnall @grammargirl Sorry, I don't know because my book was not used by Anthropic. Maybe assume the first time didn't take and just do it again. I wouldn't be at all surprised if some of this was deliberate.