Diane Duane on Bluesky: "Status report, “Secondhand AI Thieves” dep’t: Just now got an email from the naughty company discussed here. Watch out for / beware of the schmucks discussed in this post."
#anthropicsettlement — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #anthropicsettlement, aggregated by home.social.
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It used to be "Our records show you may have been involved in an accident..." Then it was PPI. I have a sinking feeling that this might be the latest thing: claiming for copyright abuse. #anthropicsettlement #copyright #piracy
https://www.benjeapes.com/index.php/2026/10/the-new-ppi-claims-against-the-techbros-for-copyright-breach/ -
News Summary: OpenAI Memos Reveal Awareness of Piracy; Anthropic Claimants Get 60-Day Extension
It's interesting that in last week's edition of The Bottom Line, Jane Friedman began with a note that was essentially "sorry there's so much on AI but it really is the big news right now." Which is how I feel a lot of the time. I endeavor to keep AI news to one of the three weekly slots, but it's not always possible. Especially when, as today, it's a stuffed first slot and I have no idea what will break later in the week.
The post News Summary: OpenAI Memos Reveal Awareness of Piracy; Anthropic Claimants Get 60-Day Extension appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/openai-memos-reveal-awareness-of-piracy/#AIcopyright #AIdetection #Anthropicsettlement #AuthorsGuild #Microsoft
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News Podcast: Authors Guild Clarifies Anthropic Claims; Spotify Opens AI Audiobooks to All US Authors
On this week's Self-Publishing News podcast, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway sorts through new Authors Guild clarifications on the Anthropic settlement: payments should still begin trickling through from November, but rights-reversion disputes are clouding who gets paid what, and authors whose rights reverted by August 10, 2022 are advised to claim their full 100 percent share. He also covers Spotify taking its ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool out of beta for all US authors — free for five titles, with no exclusivity — and a new Frankfurter Buchmesse report finding that only 15 percent of audiobooks are made with no AI at all.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-authors-guild-clarifies-anthropic-claims/#Podcast #AIaudiobooks #Anthropicsettlement #AuthorsGuildguidance #Frankfurterbuchmesse
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News Summary: Publishers Dispute Anthropic Payouts; FutureBook Joins London Book Fair in 2027
Before anything else, a point of clarification after reading Jane Friedman's incredibly in-depth roundup of all things Anthropic. The wrangling over lawyers' fees, she has said, should not delay the onset of payments to rights holders. The first of those payments, in instances where there is clarity over who the rights holders are, should start trickling through in November.
The post News Summary: Publishers Dispute Anthropic Payouts; FutureBook Joins London Book Fair in 2027 appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/publishers-dispute-anthropic-payouts/#Anthropicsettlement #AuthorsGuild #ExcelLondon #FuturebookConference #LondonBookFair
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Courtney Milan has a clearer explanation of the Anthropic allocation form fuckery/bug, in this thread:
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3muzx4tp7v52b
The shortest version is that the form is automatically assuming there's a publishing entity aside from authors. Please read the thread for what do to.
#Writing #SelfPublishing #AnthropicClass #AnthropicSettlement
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Shenanigans continue apace in the process of claiming rights to the Anthropic settlement monies--because of course they do.
Please share with everyone you think may be interested or who may know someone it would help.
(And follow Courtney Milan on Bluesky, for your own sake.)
#PSA #AnthropicClass #AnthropicSettlement #IndiePublishing #SelfPublishing #Writing #Copyright
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3muztw7jw3k26
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Another day, more #AnthropicSettlement threads!
Courtney Milan: ":the system is buggy because the people setting up the system did not consider the fact that books could have two authors and zero publishers."
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3mus2rxo6dc2jVictoria Strauss on rights reversion (its shitty news):
https://bsky.app/profile/victoriastrauss.com/post/3mus3i4m2l225KJ Charles on cash-grabby agents:
https://bsky.app/profile/kjcharleswriter.com/post/3mur5bszt322rCourtney Milan on how to deal with cash-grabby agents:
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#PSA Here's Victoria Strauss on what's happening today with the Anthropic settlement.
(Reminder: if this is of no interest to you, feel free to mute the hashtag or me; hundreds of authors deserve a chance to make sure they aren't scammed out of this money)
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Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors’ Payouts
This week, many authors who are part of the Anthropic copyright class action settlement began receiving notices like this one: Upon accessing the portal (which doesn’t seem to have a formal name, so I’ll call it the “disgreement portal”), many of those authors made an unwelcome discovery: their publishers are making claims on their allocations Read More
The post Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors’ Payouts appeared first on Writer Beware.
https://writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/anthropic-copyright-settlement-publishers-are-making-incorrect-claims-on-authors-payouts#Copyright #Anthropicsettlement #ArtificialIntelligence #Lawsuits
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#PSA #AnthropicClass #AnthropicSettlement
Authors, if you can, check Bluesky for current information; there's a lot that's happening, especially money grabs from publishers for works that have reverted to authors, former agents, and so on.
See Katherine Locke on publisher Albert Whitman trying to get 100% of settlement money.
https://bsky.app/profile/katherinelocke.bsky.social/post/3mup2zytr4c2a
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In more Anthropic Settlement bullshit, apparently some agents are trying to claim a percentage of the settlement. I am not a lawyer, but agents already got their percentage when contracts were signed, they don't get a percentage of YOUR intellectual property. (see this thread:
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3mup5mju4mk2c:Same for non-US publishers: this settlement is only for US published works. See this thread:
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And Courtney Milan has yet another thread going, a Q&A on right reversion and publisher claims as it pertains to the Anthropic settlement; at this point, the thread is ongoing, as she answers more questions on the topic.
#PSA #AnthropicClass #AnthropicSettlement #Writing #Authors #Copyright
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3mumfr5rnrk2g
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So apparently publishers are trying to get paid for books that have reverted entirely to the author. Courtney Milan has another thread on how to check what the assholes are doing, and how to fix it. Do not let the fuckers get a dime of your hard earned settlement money!
#PSA #AnthropicClass #AnthropicSettlement #Writing #Authors #Copyright
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3muliuk4uts2k
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There's an update on the latest filing on to the Anthropic Class Action settlement process; I am not a lawyer nor do I play one anywhere; I recommend reading this Bluesky thread by Courtney Milan to get all the nuances:
#PSA #AnthropicClass #AnthropicSettlement
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3mukwuuohg22e
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News Summary: Appeal Over Legal Fees Could Delay Anthropic Payout
We start the week with a bit of topping, tailing, and appendixing of some stories we’ve been following for a little while. First and most significantly comes news from the Anthropic case that could have a direct impact, with thanks to Jane Friedman for pointing to the story. It seems as though there might be an appeal in this case. But it’s not coming from where you might expect: the tech giant liable to pay out the $1.5 billion settlement in the class action.
The post News Summary: Appeal Over Legal Fees Could Delay Anthropic Payout appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/delay-anthropic-payout/#AIcopyright #AmazonAItraining #Anthropicsettlement #authorcompensation #FederalTradeCommission
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News Podcast: Anthropic Settlement Gets Final Approval; Simon & Schuster Launches Two Indie Imprints; Canadian Ebook Prices Back KDP’s Rate Rise
On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway reports that the Anthropic settlement has received its final legal approval, with nearly half a million titles eligible for a payout of around $3,000 — and legal fees cut to just over $100 million. He covers Simon and Schuster's second new imprint for indie authors, Simon Stream, offering 50 percent net ebook royalties, alongside the previously reported Pocket Books relaunch. And he closes with Canadian survey data showing readers are already paying an average of US$8.74 for ebooks — neatly vindicating KDP's recent royalty cap rise to $12.99.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-anthropic-settlement-gets-final-approval/#Podcast #Anthropicsettlement #copyrightregistration #indieauthorebookpricing #KDProyaltyrate
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News Summary: Judge Issues Final Approval for $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement; Copyright Office Proposes Fee Increase
For those of you waiting to receive some kind of compensation in the Anthropic lawsuit (and indeed those who are waiting on other potential lawsuits and wondering if anything other than hot air is ever likely to come of them), the wait is one step closer to being over. A judge has issued the final approval for the $1.5 billion settlement in the class action case of Bartz v. Anthropic. This will see each of the 91.3 percent of titles in the eligible class whose owners came forward receive payment.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/anthropic-settlement-2/#Anthropicsettlement #BartzvAnthropic #classaction #CopyrightOffice #copyrightregistration
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Anthropic Settlement Update: Final Settlement Approved
On Tuesday, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval to the historic class action settlement in the Bartz v Anthropic copyright infringement lawsuit. At $1.5 billion, it’s the largest recovery ever in a copyright infringement suit, penalizing Anthropic for downloading, storing, and copying pirated datasets consisting of millions of illegally uploaded books in order to use Read More
The post Anthropic Settlement Update: Final Settlement Approved appeared first on Writer Beware.
https://writerbeware.blog/2026/07/23/anthropic-settlement-update-final-settlement-approved#Copyright #Anthropicsettlement #ArtificialIntelligence #Lawsuits
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Anthropic Settlement Update: Final Settlement Approved
On Tuesday, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval to the historic class action settlement in the Bartz v Anthropic copyright infringement lawsuit. At $1.5 billion, it’s the largest recovery ever in a copyright infringement suit, penalizing Anthropic for downloading, storing, and copying pirated datasets consisting of millions of illegally uploaded books in order to use Read More
The post Anthropic Settlement Update: Final Settlement Approved appeared first on Writer Beware.
https://writerbeware.blog/2026/07/23/anthropic-settlement-update-final-settlement-approved#Copyright #Anthropicsettlement #ArtificialIntelligence #Lawsuits
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Anthropic Settlement Update: The Opt-Outs Strike Back
We’re currently waiting for Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin to issue final approval of the historic settlement in the Bartz v, Anthropic copyright infringement lawsuit. (If you need a refresher, my past blog posts include a general overview of the settlement and an April update.) One of the interesting outcomes–so far–has been that while participation by class Read More
The post Anthropic Settlement Update: The Opt-Outs Strike Back appeared first on Writer Beware.
https://writerbeware.blog/2026/07/17/anthropic-settlement-update-the-opt-outs-strike-back#Copyright #Anthropicsettlement #ArtificialIntelligence #Lawsuits
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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.
The post News Summary: Writer Beware Warns Indie Authors May Be Excluded from AI Copyright Class Actions appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/indie-authors-may-be-excluded-from-ai-copyright-class-actions/#AIcopyrightlawsuit #Anthropicsettlement #classaction #copyrightregistration #indieauthors
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Has the Anthropic Settlement Changed Everything?
Recent developments in the world of copyright have been making many writers rethink their attitudes toward copyright registration and reversion of publishing rights. Because many artificial intelligence companies used pirated books to train their large language models, there are now a growing number of copyright infringement class action lawsuits against them. While it is still Read More
The post Has the Anthropic Settlement Changed Everything? appeared first on Writer Beware.
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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
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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).
The post News Summary: Anthropic Settlement Clears Fairness Hearing; Payout Expected for 93% of Eligible Titles appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/anthropic-settlement-clears-fairness-hearing/#AIcopyrightlaw #Anthropicsettlement #authorpayouts #classaction #copyrightregistration
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#PSA Scam alert for the Anthropic class action settlement, from Courtney Milan--an author whose books were stolen *and* someone who studied law and clerked for a SCOTUS justice. IOW: she's not giving legal advice, she's explaining her own decision and sharing her insights.
#AnthropicClass #Anthropic #AnthropicSettlement #Scams #Writing @bookstodon
(it is an ongoing thread in Bluesky, sorry about that)
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3mlvpycxkrc2p
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News Podcast: BookCon Returns with a Welcome for Indie Authors; Anthropic Settlement Class Reaches 91%
On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway reports on the return of BookCon to New York after a pandemic-era hiatus, where the Indie Alley proved a genuine hit with readers — a sign that the established book world is increasingly making room for independent authors. He also has an update on the Anthropic copyright settlement, where 91 percent of eligible titles were claimed before the deadline, putting the expected payout per title at around $2,931, with a reminder that traditionally published authors may receive less due to rights splits with their publishers.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-bookcon-returns/#Podcast #AIcopyrightpayout #Anthropicsettlement #AuthorsGuild #BookCon2026
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News Summary: Beehiiv Adds Webinars and Metered Paywalls; Anthropic Settlement Reaches 91% Claim Rate
Beehiiv has been in the news again this past week. I want to report on the latest from the newsletter platform if for no other reason than an irresistible desire to say they have been busy little bees. A facility offering webinar capability will be of interest to some. But more interesting might be the so-called "metered paywall" capability. That's something many will be familiar with as readers, where you get a certain amount of content for free (say, three articles) before you have to pay to unlock more.
The post News Summary: Beehiiv Adds Webinars and Metered Paywalls; Anthropic Settlement Reaches 91% Claim Rate appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/beehiiv-adds-webinars/#Anthropicsettlement #authorpayouts #AuthorsGuild #beehiiv #classaction
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Anthropic Copyright Settlement: April Update
The deadline to file a claim in the $1.5 billion Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement passed at midnight on March 30, 2026. Now that all claims have been filed, I’m taking a look at where things stand and what’s yet to come. If you need a refresh, my backgrounder on the settlement and the class Read More
The post Anthropic Copyright Settlement: April Update appeared first on Writer Beware.
https://writerbeware.blog/2026/04/10/anthropic-copyright-settlement-april-update#Copyright #Anthropicsettlement #ArtificialIntelligence #Lawsuits
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News Podcast: Social Media Lawsuits Grow; Supreme Court Ruling Shapes AI Copyright Debate
On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports on a major U.S. lawsuit awarding damages over social media addiction and a new UK trial restricting teen access to platforms. He also examines a key Supreme Court ruling in Sony vs. Cox that could influence AI copyright cases, and updates on the Anthropic settlement, where reduced legal fees may increase payouts for authors.
The post News Podcast: Social Media Lawsuits Grow; Supreme Court Ruling Shapes AI Copyright Debate appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-social-media-lawsuits-grow/#Podcast #AIcopyrightlaw #Anthropicsettlement #authorpayouts #socialmedialawsuits
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News Summary: Supreme Court Rules ISPs Not Liable for User Infringement; Anthropic Settlement Fees Reduced
Court cases around AI and copyright are most definitely back in the news following a brief hiatus whilst the courts issued a pummeling to social media firms last week. First up this week we have a unanimous Supreme Court ruling in the US in the case of Sony against Cox. Sony was suing the internet service provider Cox for $1 billion, alleging that it was complicit in copyright infringement.
The post News Summary: Supreme Court Rules ISPs Not Liable for User Infringement; Anthropic Settlement Fees Reduced appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/isps-not-liable-for-user-infringement/#Process3And4ProductionAndDistribution #AIcopyright #Anthropicsettlement #authorpayouts #copyrightinfringement
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Phew, just finished reading the document I got in the post the other day all the way from the US, about the Anthropic settlement (for them downloading books from pirate sites to use to train AI.)
Need a cuppa to recover from that much legalese. But it looks like I can make a claim. From a cursory check, I've got 3 books on the Works List, all of which I was the sole owner of at the time, as the rights had reverted to me. A few years before.
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FYI #PSA #Anthropic #copyright #AnthropicSettlement The notice for the settlement of up to $3,000.00 US per work is up. I checked and my work is not in the database of downloaded pirated work. Ambivalent about that. Not pirated. Could use the cash, tho.
Anyway, go to the site and verify your works NOW and make your claims before March 30, 2026. Be careful of scams and scammers.
Boost so all authors you know see this.
https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
#writer #author #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #piracy #ai #llm #llms