Authors Dispute Publisher and Agent Claims on $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement
Authors and publishers are disputing how to split payments from a $1.5 billion settlement covering more than 482,000 books, with arbitration set for unresolved claims.
- Authors expecting payouts from Anthropic's $1.5bn copyright settlement reported receiving surprising notifications this week as publishers file competing claims for the same titles.
- The class-action settlement covers nearly 500,000 titles pirated by Anthropic, paying up to $3,000 per work; ownership disputes hinge on who held rights during the 2021 and 2022 download date.
- Mystery author April Henry found HarperCollins listed as co-owner of her 1999 book despite rights reverting to her in 2007, while publishers elsewhere demand 100% of payments instead of the standard 50/50 split.
- Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger and Victoria Strauss attribute errors to poor record-keeping rather than malice, yet authors must file formal disputes with a court-appointed arbitrator to resolve competing claims.
- Georgetown Law professor Kristelia Garc says the industry is "having that sort of streaming moment where their contracts didn't contemplate this," highlighting how technology advances outpaced standard publishing agreements.
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With the recent Anthropic Copyright Settlement, authors face new challenges with the demands of publishers and agents. Here's what you need to know. Authors' reaction to publishers' and agents' demands on the Anthropic Settlement has been expressed by some authors who hope to get their share of the $1.5 billion copyright settlement from Anthropic this week after... the article appeared to the authors' reaction to the publishers' demands on the A…
Anthropic settlement: who gets the $3,000 per book?
Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5bn to the authors whose books it pirated. The money is now being counted out. Some of those authors are discovering that a share of it goes to their own publishers. The New York Times reported on Friday that authors and publishers have filed competing claims over the same titles. The […] This story continues at The Next Web
The amount is huge: $1.5 billion (R$7.69 billion). But while thousands of authors await their part in the largest court agreement involving copyright in U.S. history, signed with Antropic — a technology giant who used pirated books to train his artificial intelligence chatbot (AI) —, some accuse publishers of trying to reduce their share of the payment. The dispute is gaining visibility as the administrator of the agreement tries to clarify who …
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