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Class Action Settlement Values Anthropic Theft at $3,000 per Stolen Work

We are happy to share with you more details from the class action lawsuit against Anthropic.
TL;DR: $3,000 per work stolen by Anthropic.
Here is a short summary of the motion to approve the class settlement (more detail here):
- Subject to court approval, the principal terms are: Anthropic will pay the Class at least $1.5 billion dollars, plus interest.
- With around 500,000 works in the Class, this amounts to an estimated gross recovery of $3,000 per Class Work.
- Anthropic will destroy the LibGen and PiLiMi datasets after the expiration of any litigation preservation or other court orders.
Note that the final list of works affected, which will differ substantially from the list on the Atlantic website, will not be finalized and released until early October. Divisions of each award between author and publisher may be subject to minor variation based on original contract terms. In the case of self-published work, and wherever rights have fully reverted to the author, some award details remain to be clarified.
This is the beginning of a long process.
There are more details provided here, and many more coming soon. We will keep you updated on what’s next.
For now, make sure you fill out the author and publisher settlement form, located here, and make sure SFWA has your correct preferred email and mailing address.
This is a great way to end the week – with an acknowledgement of our labor and the possibility of more to come.
Stay tuned, and keep writing!
Your SFWA Advocacy Team