<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div>Via AWP...</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br>From: <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:awp@awpwriter.org" target="_blank">awp@awpwriter.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM<br>Subject: Anthropic AI Class Action Lawsuit Information<br><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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In association with the Authors Guild and other organizations serving writers, we are writing to make you aware of the opportunity to submit information to the plaintiffs’ attorneys in <i>Bartz v. Anthropic</i>, one of the copyright class action lawsuits involving AI. The court found that Anthropic infringed authors’ and publishers’ copyrights by downloading millions of books from the pirate websites Library Genesis (“LibGen”) and Pirate Library Mirror (“PiLiMi”) to train their AI model. The court also certified a class composed of all rights holders of copyright-registered books downloaded by Anthropic from these sites.<br>
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The plaintiffs’ attorneys are collecting contact information from all authors and publishers who may be part of the class to ensure that they receive official notices in the case going forward and have the opportunity to opt out or to stay in the suit and receive their share of the award.<br>
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The attorneys have created a <a href="https://www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/" target="_blank">website</a> where rights holders can confidentially provide this information.<br>
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<b>We urge all members who believe their books may have been unlawfully downloaded by Anthropic to visit the website and provide the requested information.</b> This is an important step in ensuring that as many authors as possible are compensated for the unauthorized use of their work to train AI.<br>
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Thank you for your time and consideration.</span></p>
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