Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
Further, some authors may never even find out the lawsuit is happening. The court's suggested notification scheme "would require class claimants to themselves notify other potential rightsholders," groups said, overlooking the fact that it cost Google $34.5 million "to set up a 'Books Rights Registry' to identify owners for payouts under the proposed settlement" in one of the largest cases involving book authors prior to the AI avalanche of lawsuits.
If you're an author, please use this database to see if you could qualify for that sweet GenAI lawsuit money.
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
I have never ever ever in my life asked someone to blaze my posts.
But if you want to throw me some pennies blaze this. I want ALL OF THE AUTHORS to know that they have the opportunities to get some sweet sweet GenAI lawsuit money.
Like to charge. Reblog to cast that Anthropic will have to pay out the ass.
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Oh look, my book is in there. GIVE ME MONEY.
It's important to note that there are some self-published books in here too. So even if you just have one small kdp work, you should still check this database.
If your book was stolen (and indeed, two of mine were!), here's the form to submit your information/make yourself known to the eventual lawsuit settlement administrator. I would strongly suggest adding an ISBN if your book has it and/or you know it, because the class members are those who have "exclusive right to reproduce any ISBN- or ASIN-bearing book that Anthropic copied from the two pirate sites [LibGen & PiLiMi]." In other words, even if your work was stolen by LibGen at some point, there are further lawyerly steps to determine whether you are actually an actionable member of the class against Anthropic and/or entitled to settlement money.
HOWEVER! That is for various eggheads to figure out, and not you. If you search the Atlantic database in the original post and your works pop up, go ahead and fill out a contact form. Maximize your chances of getting some of that AI lawsuit money, for reasons.
