Archives for October 2025
Anthropic Settlement Website Launches Searchable Database of Works, Claims Portal
The Anthropic settlement website has launched the official searchable database of eligible works, as well as a portal for filing claims. Authors who think their books might have been pirated can search the Anthropic works list by title, author, publisher, or ISBN, and the site will provide a US Copyright Office registration number they will need to file a claim. An extensive FAQ explains key information about the claims process and details how the body of eligible works went from an alleged 7 million books illegally downloaded from LibGen and PiLiMi down to the 482,460 works covered by the settlement. […]
FL Judge Denies TANGO Authors’ Free Speech Claim
A judge in the Northern District of Florida ruled against two authors’ lawsuit against a school board, claiming that removing their book, AND TANGO MAKES THREE, from school libraries violates students’ and the authors’ First Amendment rights. Authors Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, plus an elementary school student known as B. G., argue that the book, which depicts a same-sex relationship between penguins who care for a chick, was removed based on its viewpoint. In his opinion, Judge Allen Cothrel Winsor often looks to the Texas book banning case Little v. Llano, which determined that “a library’s collection decisions are […]
Obituary: Thomas Perry
Thriller writer Thomas Perry, 78, died on September 15 from an aortic dissection. He wrote 32 novels, including The Butcher’s Boy, The Old Man, and the Jane Whitefield series. The tenth and final book in the series, The Tree of Light and Flowers, will be published in March.