Could Your Book Secretly Fund AI Profits? Discover If You’re Owed $3K!
You can find your registered copyrights HERE. Sadly, some authors are learning that their publishers never filed their copyright registrations, even after authors paid them to do so.
They believe an estimated half million books were downloaded, and illegally used. The payout sum is estimated to be around $3,000 per work.
The article below by the wonderful Victoria Strauss at Writer Beware has a TON of information on this lawsuit.
Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement: An Update for Authors
You can search to see if your books are in the defendant’s database RIGHT HERE. Be prepared to get frustrated. I searched for “Angela Hoy” and all KINDS of stuff popped up, like authors named “Angela Hey.” It might be easier if you search under your publisher’s name, and then look for your books on the list that pops up.
