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If you are an author here are a couple of relevant links: You can search LibGen by author to see if your work is included. I believe this would make you a memb

If you are an author here are a couple of relevant links: You can search LibGen by author to see if your work is included. I believe this would make you a member of the class: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/searc... If you are a member of the class (or think you are) you can submit your contact information to the plaintiff's attorneys here: https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/ https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/

burningion 1y ago
Thank you for posting this! I suspected my work was in the dataset and it looks like it is! I reached out via the form.
- GMoromisato 1y ago
  Good luck! Hope you get a payout!
doctorpangloss 1y ago
It’s pretty incredible that the vast majority of authors will make more money for their books from this settlement that they ever have from selling their books.
- miohtama 1y ago
  God bless capitalistic America.
- OhMeadhbh 1y ago
  Here's the data from 2018. https://authorsguild.org/news/six-takeaways-from-the-authors-guild-2018-authors-income-survey/ https://authorsguild.org/news/six-takeaways-from-the-authors... Median income was $3100 which is greater than the $3000 average award from the Anthropic settlement. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5529404/anthropic-settlement-authors-copyright-ai https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5529404/anthropic-settl... But yes, one set of data is from 7-8 years ago, the other figure is from a few weeks ago. And median and average don't mean the same thing. And it's unclear how the population from the Author's Guild survey maps to the plaintiff class from the Anthropic settlement. But it seems we're in the same ballpark.
bnrdr 1y ago
Wild - I searched my name out of curiosity and my PhD research papers turned up. Worth submitting my contact details I guess
- tomsmeding 1y ago
  That may depend on whether there is copyright on that work.
mark_l_watson 1y ago
wow, I found 8 of my books!
- josh-sematic 1y ago
  8 works x $3k/work is not a bad payout!
- deleted 1y ago
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perlgeek 1y ago
Thank you! I hadn't even thought that I could be affected, but I have written some programming books, and some of them show up on libgen. I've submitted my contact info, maybe something will come out of this...

burningion 1y ago

Thank you for posting this! I suspected my work was in the dataset and it looks like it is! I reached out via the form.

GMoromisato 1y ago
Good luck! Hope you get a payout!

doctorpangloss 1y ago

It’s pretty incredible that the vast majority of authors will make more money for their books from this settlement that they ever have from selling their books.

miohtama 1y ago
God bless capitalistic America.
OhMeadhbh 1y ago
Here's the data from 2018. https://authorsguild.org/news/six-takeaways-from-the-authors-guild-2018-authors-income-survey/ https://authorsguild.org/news/six-takeaways-from-the-authors... Median income was $3100 which is greater than the $3000 average award from the Anthropic settlement. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5529404/anthropic-settlement-authors-copyright-ai https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5529404/anthropic-settl... But yes, one set of data is from 7-8 years ago, the other figure is from a few weeks ago. And median and average don't mean the same thing. And it's unclear how the population from the Author's Guild survey maps to the plaintiff class from the Anthropic settlement. But it seems we're in the same ballpark.

bnrdr 1y ago

Wild - I searched my name out of curiosity and my PhD research papers turned up. Worth submitting my contact details I guess

tomsmeding 1y ago
That may depend on whether there is copyright on that work.

mark_l_watson 1y ago

wow, I found 8 of my books!

josh-sematic 1y ago
8 works x $3k/work is not a bad payout!
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perlgeek 1y ago

Thank you! I hadn't even thought that I could be affected, but I have written some programming books, and some of them show up on libgen. I've submitted my contact info, maybe something will come out of this...