More on the Anthropic deal for academic authors
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 (https://janetsalmons.substack.com/p/narratives-and-diaries-in-online). The newsletter is free (with a paid subscription for those who want more resources and interactivity.) I'm also open to featuring your publications or events, message me off list. Take care, Janet Free-Range Scholar and Creative Boulder, Colorado USA janet@salmons.blog "When the Field is Online" free newsletter about qualitative research and writing in a connected world: http://tinyurl.com/qualnews
"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 About It's Real Life: An Alternate History of the Beatles <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVD38ZLQ/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20> -- "Paul is original -- his books and music are different than the norm -- they are clever!" -- Billy J. Kramer On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM Janet Salmons via Air-L < air-l@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 ( https://janetsalmons.substack.com/p/narratives-and-diaries-in-online). The newsletter is free (with a paid subscription for those who want more resources and interactivity.) I'm also open to featuring your publications or events, message me off list.
Take care, Janet
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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@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
About It's Real Life: An Alternate History of the Beatles <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVD38ZLQ/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20> -- "Paul is original -- his books and music are different than the norm -- they are clever!" -- Billy J. Kramer
On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM Janet Salmons via Air-L < air-l@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 ( https://janetsalmons.substack.com/p/narratives-and-diaries-in-online). The newsletter is free (with a paid subscription for those who want more resources and interactivity.) I'm also open to featuring your publications or events, message me off list.
Take care, Janet
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Gail and fellow authors, Books on the settlement list are the ones that fit their criteria. Other lists are circulating online, but those books aren’t necessarily covered by this settlement. Visit www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com<https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/> and search for your titles. See more info on the TAA site here: https://www.taaonline.net/anthropic-settlement Info from the Authors Guild is here: https://authorsguild.org/advocacy/artificial-intelligence/what-authors-need-... Hope that helps! Janet Subject: Re: [Air-L] More on the Anthropic deal for academic authors 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@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@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 About It's Real Life: An Alternate History of the Beatles <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVD38ZLQ/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20> -- "Paul is original -- his books and music are different than the norm -- they are clever!" -- Billy J. Kramer On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM Janet Salmons via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@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 ( https://janetsalmons.substack.com/p/narratives-and-diaries-in-online). The newsletter is free (with a paid subscription for those who want more resources and interactivity.) I'm also open to featuring your publications or events, message me off list.
Take care, Janet
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