Authors' groups urge publishers to give up Anthropic settlement claims on old books
The Authors Guild and other author organizations have called on publishers to relinquish claims in the Anthropic settlement for long out-of-print books, and to pay authors of unregistered works as well. According to the announcement, the settlement is the largest copyright settlement in history; the appeal was originally published on 18 September.
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- Author Organizations Urge Publishers to Relinquish Anthropic Settlement Claims on Long Out of Print Books and Pay Out for Unregistered Works - The Authors Guildauthorsguild.org · Oct 1, 2026
- Anthropic Settlement: $1.5 Billion Over Pirated Booksmyelectricsparks.com · Oct 2, 2026
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