Anthropic Copyright Settlement
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Was Your Book Illegally Pirated By Anthropic? Consider all your options before you accept any settlement money. Contact us today to learn more. Even if your book is not on the Anthropic class action settlement list, you may still have a claim. Less than 10% of the books Anthropic pirated are on the class settlement list. We can help you search for your book(s) and offer a complimentary consultation.
A settlement is being finalized in a class action copyright lawsuit that claims Anthropic (an AI company that owns and operates Claude) infringed copyrights by downloading books from two pirated online datasets called Library Genesis (LibGen) and Pirate Library Mirror (PiLiMi). As an author who may have had your book pirated by Anthropic, you may be curious about your rights.
The settlement estimates that rightsholders for each work may be compensated with $3,000 and that it may take years before the money is paid. Many well-known authors are choosing to “opt out” of the Anthropic settlement to pursue maximum damages under the Copyright Act, which is up to $150,000 per registered book and hope to be compensated quicker than the settlement would be paid out.
According to the settllement documents, “your legal rights may be affected whether you act or not. You have the following options: (1) submit a valid claim by March 23, 2026 to receive payment, (2) opt out of the Settlement Class by January 7, 2026, (3) object to the Settlement by January 7, 2026, or (4) do nothing.”
The current settlement provides for approximately $3,000 per book.
You do not have to accept $3,000 per book. If you reject the $3,000 settlement, you may pursue your own case and do what is known as “opting out.” Contact us to help guide you through the process.
To pursue a case against Anthropic, your book or book(s) must have been illegally copied from the databases Anthropic copied and trained its model, Claude. To see if your book(s) is included in this class settlement, Search Here.
However, your book may have been in Anthropic’s databases that were pirated but not be on the list for the settlement. We can help you confirm this and analyze whether you have a claim.
Once you identify that your book(s) is in the database, you can then explore whether to pursue an individual case against Anthropic. The deadline to make an initial decision to opt-out is currently scheduled for January 7, 2026. This may be changed by the Court.
There is no guarantee of getting more than $3,000 or any recovery at all, but there is also a path forward to seek up $150,000 per book by opting out.
James Bartolomei has been lead trial counsel on several, recent notable copyright infringement cases. Read More
Follow this link to learn more about the case settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417-WHA (N.D. Cal.). https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/.
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