The $1.5 billion Anthropic AI copyright settlement payments have begun to be distributed, but disputes over the distribution of compensation between publishers and authors continue.
Anthropic has initiated a copyright settlement payment of $1.5 billion to the original authors of nearly 500,000 pirated works. Previously, the court ruled that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted materials to train AI models was in line with the principle of “fair use,” but using pirated materials was not covered by this principle, thus compensation was required. According to the agreement, if the book was published by a traditional publisher, the compensation will be split equally between the author and the publisher; if the book was published by the author themselves or the copyright has been returned to the author, the entire amount will belong to the author. Recently, some authors have questioned the incorrect proportions of compensation claimed by publishers on social media. For example, writer April Henry accused HarperCollins of claiming compensation for works whose copyright had already been returned, and found that the company was mistakenly listed as “employer.” Blog author Victoria Strauss pointed out that complaints mainly fall into two categories: one is when publishers claim compensation for works without legal copyright, and the other is when publishers attempt to obtain 100% of the compensation. Currently, some publishers have admitted their errors in claiming compensation and…
Anthropic has initiated a copyright settlement worth $1.5 billion (approximately 10.102 billion RMB) for the original authors of nearly 500,000 pirated works. The court previously ruled that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted materials to train AI models was in line with the principle of “fair use,” but using pirated materials did not fall under this protection, thus compensation was required. According to the agreement, if the book was published by a traditional publisher, the compensation will be split 50-50 between the author and the publisher; if the book was published by the author themselves or the copyright has been returned to the author, the entire amount will belong to the author. Recently, some authors have questioned the incorrect proportions of compensation claimed by publishers on social media. For example, writer April Henry accused HarperCollins of claiming compensation for works whose copyright had already been returned, and found that the company was mistakenly listed as its “employer.” Blog author Victoria Strauss pointed out that complaints mainly fall into two categories: one is when publishers claim compensation for works without legal copyright, and the other is when publishers attempt to obtain 100% of the compensation. Currently, some publishers have admitted their errors in claiming compensation…