[Air-L] More on the Anthropic deal for academic authors

[Abigail De Kosnik]

Thank you, Janet! What is the time frame covered by the settlement (you
mentioned "Also, the fact that they ripped off your books is not enough:
the "list" represents a narrow time frame. In my case, 6 books are in the
database of stolen books but only one was taken during the time period
covered by the settlement.")? Thanks so much!

Gail

On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM Paul Levinson via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> "Thanks, danah for mentioning the deal with Anthropic to (minimally)
> compensate authors whose books were pirated.
> First, before you start eyeing a new yacht, keep in mind that the promised
> $3K per book settlement is split between authors and publishers. They are
> recommending a 50/50 split but that will be up to the publisher. I'm trying
> to find out what academic publishers plan to do and will share that
> information if/when I get it."
>
> I would add that, of course, that 50/50 split is the case only if the
> publisher still has rights to the books in question.  Most of my books are
> science fiction novels, and I got the rights back over a decade ago.
>
> All the best, Paul
>
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>
>
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM Janet Salmons via Air-L <
> air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, danah for mentioning the deal with Anthropic to (minimally)
> > compensate authors whose books were pirated.
> > First, before you start eyeing a new yacht, keep in mind that the
> promised
> > $3K per book settlement is split between authors and publishers. They are
> > recommending a 50/50 split but that will be up to the publisher. I'm
> trying
> > to find out what academic publishers plan to do and will share that
> > information if/when I get it.
> >
> > Also, the fact that they ripped off your books is not enough: the "list"
> > represents a narrow time frame. In my case, 6 books are in the database
> of
> > stolen books but only one was taken during the time period covered by the
> > settlement.
> >
> > The process is a little different for authors of textbooks, monographs,
> or
> > books published by university presses. FYI educational/textbook and
> > university press/academic authors represent almost half of the close to
> > 500,000 works infringed in the class! The Textbook and Academic Authors
> > Association collaborated with the Authors Guild to make sure our special
> > issues were addressed. TAA's Kim Pawlak was in the hearing room and is
> > actively involved in getting correct information to all of us. She asked
> me
> > to share this on my Substack newsletter:
> > Info for Educational and University Press Authors Filing Claims in Bartz
> > v. Anthropic
> > The Textbook & Academic Authors Association provides trustworthy guidance
> > https://janetsalmons.substack.com/p/info-for-educational-and-university
> >
> > By the way, it is a good time to join TAA and/or the Authors Guild!
> >
> > On other topics, this month my newsletter is focused on qualitative diary
> > and narrative methods (
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> > Take care,
> > Janet
> >
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