Authors push back as publishers and agents seek share of Anthropic settlement

TechCrunch · 1 month ago · 2

Authors receiving payments from Anthropic’s copyright settlement reported emails and claims they say were improperly tied to their allocated shares, prompting pushback against publishers and some agents. Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement is paying nearly 500,000 titles $3,000 each for each pirated work. Authors and groups are now disputing allocations and asking Anthropic to fix errors that they say range from rights-reverted books being claimed anyway to publishers seeking the full 100% when they should receive 50%.