Thanks. What’s the meaning of "AFAIK, the US is the only country that registers copyright like this, but IANAL”?
> On Dec 2, 2025, at 2:08 PM, Tung Ken Lam via Origami > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Laura, > > From Wikipedia "Shadow libraries (also pirate libraries or black open access) > are online repositories of freely available digital media that are normally > paywalled, access-controlled, or otherwise not readily accessible" > > I am avoiding listing the names of the shadow libraries here; you can find > them in the Wikipedia article or in stories about the Anthropic case. > > Regards, > Tung Ken > > PS > > AFAIK as far as I know > IANAL I am not a lawyer > > > > On Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 17:00:09 GMT, Laura R via Origami > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Tung Ken, > Can you explain what a shadow library is about? Also, the acronyms, so us > laymen can understand the concepts and how that affects authors. > Thanks! > Laura R. > >> On Dec 2, 2025, at 1:56 PM, Tung Ken Lam via Origami >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Quite a few origami books were in the shadow library that Anthropic >> downloaded, including one of mine. >> >> Unfortunately, however, these books are excluded from this settlement as US >> copyright registration was required before the the books were dowloaded (to >> qualify for non-statutory damages). >> AFAIK, the US is the only country that registers copyright like this, but >> IANAL. US copyright registration is 45 USD per work >> https://www.copyright.gov/about/fees.html >> >> Tung Ken >> >> PS This case is not about the legality of training AI with copyrighted >> works, but the downloading of works from a shadow library. >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 16:29:35 GMT, Nicolas TERRY via Origami >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This is the first time I've ever been truly disappointed that none of my >> books have been pirated.... :o) >> >> Nicolas >> >> >>> >> ... >> 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/ >> >> >> ... >> >> Robert >> >> >> >> >
