[Lgpolicy] Anthropic AI Class Action Lawsuit Information

[Francis M. Hult via Lgpolicy]

Via AWP...


From: <awp at awpwriter.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Subject: Anthropic AI Class Action Lawsuit Information



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Dear AWP Member:

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 *Bartz v. Anthropic*, 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.

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.

The attorneys have created a website
<https://www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/> where rights
holders can confidentially provide this information.

*We urge all members who believe their books may have been unlawfully
downloaded by Anthropic to visit the website and provide the requested
information.* 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.

Thank you for your time and consideration.



Best,



Miranda González

Director of Membership Services & Publications


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