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Mignon FogartyonMastodon5d ago
@janefriedman is reporting that the amount authors will receive in the Anthropic book settlement has gone up because the class-action lawyers have reduced their fees.
It was $3,000 per book (usually split 50/50 with your publisher), but now it's likely to be $3,700 per book (before split).
It's worth your time to see if your name is in the database.
Check here: https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
Learn more: https://authorsguild.org/advocacy/artificial-intelligence/what-authors-need-to-know-about-the-anthropic-settlement/
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Analysis Summary
This post gets the headline wrong. Lawyers *did* cut their fees sharply (from $300M to $187.5M), which is real news — but the settlement's per-book payout hasn't increased from $3,000. The post incorrectly claims it's now $3,700, which no credible source supports. Authors should check the lookup database, but they should expect $3,000 per book (before their split with publishers and deduction of remaining fees).
Claims Analysis (3)
“the amount authors will receive in the Anthropic book settlement has gone up because the class-action lawyers have reduced their fees”
Lawyers did reduce fees (from $300M to $187.5M), but no source confirms per-book payout increased from $3,000.
“It was $3,000 per book (usually split 50/50 with your publisher), but now it's likely to be $3,700 per book”
Settlement consistently stated as $3,000 per book. No credible source reports $3,700 figure.
“Check [settlement lookup database]”
Lookup tool at anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com is confirmed in multiple official sources.
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