The IAF would like to share an important message from our US member, the National Writers Union (NWU), regarding a major development in the ongoing discussions around AI and copyright. A tentative settlement has been reached in the Anthropic AI lawsuit in the United States. Authors and publishers whose works were copied by Anthropic may be entitled to compensation, please see below for full details on eligibility and how to make a claim.
A settlement has been tentatively approved in a copyright infringement lawsuit in the USA against Anthropic AI. If the settlement is approved, more than *US$1 billion* will be paid out to some of the authors and publishers of 1/2 million books and ebooks that were illegally copied by Anthropic.
Payments will be roughly US$3,000 for each included book or ebook, divided between the publisher and the author(s) depending on their contracts.
*The works eligible for payments include works in all languages published worldwide, but non-US authors and publishers are unlikely to be notified or to receive any payment unless they make claims.*
The court will make a final decision on whether to approve the settlement in April 2026, but to receive payment, you must make a claim by *23 March 2026*. If you want to object to the settlement, you must object by 7 January 2026.
The *only* way to find out if your work is included and eligible for payment is to search for each of your works on the settlement website: https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
If your work is included, you can make a claim here:
https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/standard/claimant-info
More information and advice on making claims from the NWU:
https://nwu.org/anthropic