Authors wrangle with publishers over $1.9 billion Anthropic AI settlement

Authors clash with publishers over ownership of Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement

Authors expecting payments from Anthropic's $1.5 billion AI copyright settlement are receiving notices that publishers and literary agents are claiming ownership rights over more than 482,000 books, potentially reducing individual author payouts of up to $3,000 per book. The dispute centers on who holds the rights to works used to train Anthropic's AI models.

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Authors clash with publishers over ownership of Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement

Authors wrangle with publishers over $1.9 billion Anthropic AI settlement

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Authors clash with publishers over ownership of Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement

Other sources for this story

Authors Challenge Publisher Claims Over Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement

Anthropic's $1.5B piracy settlement is back to haunt it

Anthropic settlement: who gets the $3,000 per book?

Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlement