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GMoromisato ◴[] No.45144261[source]
If you are an author here are a couple of relevant links:

You can search LibGen by author to see if your work is included. I believe this would make you a member of the class: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/searc...

If you are a member of the class (or think you are) you can submit your contact information to the plaintiff's attorneys here: https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/

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doctorpangloss ◴[] No.45146498[source]
It’s pretty incredible that the vast majority of authors will make more money for their books from this settlement that they ever have from selling their books.
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1. OhMeadhbh ◴[] No.45202360[source]
Here's the data from 2018.

https://authorsguild.org/news/six-takeaways-from-the-authors...

Median income was $3100 which is greater than the $3000 average award from the Anthropic settlement.

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5529404/anthropic-settl...

But yes, one set of data is from 7-8 years ago, the other figure is from a few weeks ago. And median and average don't mean the same thing. And it's unclear how the population from the Author's Guild survey maps to the plaintiff class from the Anthropic settlement.

But it seems we're in the same ballpark.