On social media, a rash of authors have reported an initial finding that their publishers may not have formally registered copyright for their books with the US Copyright Office as stipulated by contract — which means those titles would not be eligible to participate in the Anthropic class action settlement. Books must have been registered within five years of the publication date and before the start of Anthropic’s infringement (or within three months of publication) to qualify as part of the class. Any other books are not entitled to any part of the settlement and that cannot be remediated at […]
