Writers can empower themselves by registering their copyrights and reverting their rights as soon as they can.

That makes sense.

It's possible that the publisher(s) opted those books out of the settlement, which means the author is automatically out, too. That's the only thing I can think of for rejecting a claim for books that are on the Works List.

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Did the titles they didn't accept appear on the settlement Works List?

SFWA doesn't actually have official membership cards now.

Even the National Writers Union (NWU) is not a union in the sense of being able to collectively bargain.

It's beyond my legal knowledge to know if some aspects of the Anthropic Settlement are necessary (mainly copyright registration) for future similar settlements. The Google Books Settlement two decades ago wasn't approved, but for a while it looked like they could make up any wacky thing they liked.

This was the best outcome that writers could reasonably expect given the law.

Yikes. But I'd still encourage everyone who's eligible to file a claim (print everything out and take screenshots that show the date). You have until midnight tonight.

Filing an Anthropic claim? You have until the post office closes to mail your claim form or 11:59 PM Pacific to upload it. Even if you can't make heads or tails out of the form, fill out as much as you can, especially the titles and Copyright Registration number, and submit it.

It may not be too late to get answers from the Settlement Administrators. 1 877-206-2314 or
info@AnthropicCopyrightSettlement.com.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't recorded. I might be able to answer a question if it's not on the SFWA FAQ.

The payments will probably be made in installments over 2 years.

It is true that anyone who has examined the settlement works list would realize that even copyright registration is not very reliable.

The registered copyright requirement actually came from Judge Alsup, but no nefarious reasons are necessary. It makes the settlement process feasible because works have some proof of authorship, otherwise they'd be looking for 7 million works instead of 500,000, most without reliable metadata.

The anthology has to be in the Anthropic Works List and it probably won't turn up if you search on the contributor's name.

Contributions to anthologies that paid (or whose contract says they'll pay) royalties may be eligible to file a claim. This questions is sure to come up at SFWA's webinar on Thursday.

We know what the lawyers have asked for their fee and we know the other expenses that will be taken out of the authors' payments, so even the most conservative estimate is more than $1,000 per stolen work and is likely to be much higher.

Anthropic Settlement Webinar for PROCRASTINATORS - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association Join us on Thursday March 26 to finish your paperwork in the Anthropic settlement. Case attorneys and SFWA team members will offer guidance.

HEY WRITERS (not just SF/F writers) HAVE YOU BEEN PROCRASTINATING ON MAKING YOUR ANTHROPIC SETTLEMENT CLAIM?

SFWA is running a webinar event OPEN TO ALL WRITERS (not just members! not just SF/F writers!) on Thursday. Sign up here:

www.sfwa.org/events/anthr...

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I'm resisting saying "More money for everyone else." to people who think the Anthropic Settlement is bogus and aren't going to file claim(s).

Grrrr.

Note to writers:

No, your agent does not deserve to get a commission on your Anthropic copyright settlement payout.

No, your publisher should not charge an administrative fee for filing claims on your behalf (and why would you want them to? It's easy to do yourself).

As far as I can tell it simply means that you are the claimant listed on the copyright registration.

Homepage Anthropic Copyright Settlement

A quick reminder that if you're an eligible author who previously opted out of the Anthropic settlement but have since changed your mind the deadline to reinclude your works is March 9th. If you haven't filed a claim yet your deadline to do so is March 30th. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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It just occurred to me that the payments from the Anthropic and future AI company piracy settlements may be the only long tail most authors will ever see.

It depends on a number of factors how "good" it is, but consider the case of an aging, formerly prolific novelist who has thirty or forty titles in the Anthropic Settlement Works List and is sole owner of ones whose rights reverted. And there's almost certainly more coming from other AI settlements.