We have an important update on the ongoing copyright class-action lawsuit involving the exploitation of authors’ works.
The court has found that Anthropic infringed on authors’ and publishers’ copyrights by downloading millions of books from the pirate websites Library Genesis (“LibGen”) and Pirate Library Mirror (“PiLiMi”) to train its AI model. A certified class has been established, made up of rights holders whose copyright-registered books were downloaded from these sites by Anthropic.
Here is a link to a searchable database of titles in the LibGen collection. This database includes both traditionally published and independently published works.
The plaintiffs’ attorneys are now gathering contact information from all potentially affected authors and publishers. This will ensure you receive official notices about the case, along with the opportunity to either opt out or remain in the suit and receive your share of any award.
To facilitate this, the attorneys have created a secure website where rights holders can confidentially submit their information. The data collected will only be used for case-related communication. More details are available on the site.
If you believe your work may have been unlawfully downloaded by Anthropic, please visit the site and provide the requested information by August 15. While the deadline may be extended, we encourage you to act quickly.
Please share the link with other authors who may be part of the class. Together with our colleagues at the Authors Guild, we are committed to ensuring that authors are compensated for the unauthorized use of their work to train AI.
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