Re: [Origami] Anthropic copyright settlement

[Laura R via Origami]

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> On Dec 2, 2025, at 1:29 PM, Nicolas TERRY via Origami 
> <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote:
> 
> This is the first time I've ever been truly disappointed that none of my 
> books have been pirated.... :o)
> 
> Nicolas
> 
> 
>> Normally, when I get an email that says something like “you’ve been chosen 
>> to receive thousands of dollars from this thing you’ve read about in the 
>> news,” I file it in the same junk folder with the offers to share millions 
>> of dollars from the widow of Saddam Hussein, the email from 
>> random-gibber...@gmail.com <mailto:random-gibber...@gmail.com> that they 
>> represent the IRS and I have to give them my full banking information 
>> immediately to avoid cancellation of my everything, the notices that I’ve 
>> bought 500 bucks of Bitcoin and call this number if this is in error, and 
>> their fellow scammy brethren.
>> 
>> And then, once in a blue moon, it’s something real; and that’s the case now 
>> with the Anthropic copyright settlement.
>> 
>> In a nutshell, the AI firm Anthropic allegedly used a huge trove of pirated 
>> publications to train their AI model Claude; they have been sued in a class 
>> action suit, and rather than face a jury, they have offered to settle, with 
>> the settlement amount being $3K per pirated work (divided up among authors, 
>> publishers, and some percentage for unspecified fees).
>> 
>> So this is a real thing. Here’s an NPR report about the suit and settlement:
>> 
>> https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5529404/anthropic-settlement-authors-copyright-ai
>> 
>> And here’s the official settlement website:
>> 
>> https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/
>> 
>> That site has a lookup form where authors can see if any of their works were 
>> in the pirated trove (and therefore may be claimed). I found a few of mine, 
>> and, out of curiosity, checked a few other origami authors and found a few 
>> of their works, too.
>> 
>> If you have works that show up in their list, you can make a claim for each 
>> work. There’s much more information on the settlement site, with various 
>> caveats and definitions and eligibility and rules for how each settlement 
>> gets divvy’d up among potential claimants. Since I Am Not a Lawyer, I won’t 
>> try to describe it all here; I’ll just recommend that if you are an origami 
>> author, do a quick search on their lookup form, and if you find one or more 
>> of your books, read further about the claim process, and then decide if you 
>> want to move forward.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> 
>> Robert
>> 
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