Since this was described as an official statement from their communications department, I am sharing it here. It is, imo, the standard every publisher should be meeting immediately. I'm grateful to our team at Tor for being so on top of this. (And also Montlake who registered everything.)

As said below, knowledge is your greatest ally and your best defense--not just against scams, but misconceptions and mistakes. All writers need to be familiar with the basics of copyright.

My most recent article for SFWA's Planetside! Copyright is a complicated subject about which there are many myths and misconceptions...in this article, I try to untangle some of them.

I think that if you are trying to understand the Anthropic book settlement, and you are not doing it in light of the (extremely) failed Google book settlement from 2011, you will never be able to understand what is happening.

On eve of settlement hearing, Judge Alsup issued order to say he's "disappointed" with missing details (e.g., Work and Class List) in proposed settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic. Also strongly recommends Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger and American Publishers CEO Maria Pallante be at the hearing in

• In exchange, Anthropic will receive a past release only for conduct up to August 25, 2025. Claims arising out of conduct after August 25, 2025 won’t be released by the Settlement, nor will any claims (past or future) arising out of allegedly infringing outputs from Anthropic’s AI models.

• Anthropic will destroy the LibGen and PiLiMi datasets after the expiration of any litigation preservation or other court orders.

Bartz v. Anthropic class action settlement: Subject to court approval, the principal terms are: • Anthropic will pay the Class at least $1.5 billion dollars, plus interest. With around 500,000 works in the Class, this amounts to an estimated gross recovery of $3,000 per Class Work.

A detailed overview of the many unknowns surrounding settlement in the Bartz v Anthropic class action, incl. the impact of dissenting voices, challenges to the class, and a look back at the Google Settlement and the lengthy timelines that may be involved www.wordsandmoney.com/anthropic-au...

Tips to confirm registration: - Ask your agent & publisher for the copyright cert - Use Advanced Search - Test shorter title versions, drop subtitle - Try different author name spellings (full legal, accents, hyphens) - Search your ISBN - Check under your publisher’s name

New #WriterBeware blog post: Did your contract require your publisher to register your copyright? Don't assume they did. writerbeware.blog/2025/08/29/i...

The details of the settlement aren't public yet. Extremely curious to see how much per infringed work, and how many authors are ultimately involved. Also curious if there will be pushback from the class a la Google Books

Led by @AuthorsGuild.org, four writers' associations have just moved to file an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit opposing @AnthropicAI.com's appeal from Judge Alsup's class certification order in the Bartz case. Anthropic has asked the Court to decide the matter before 9/2..🧵👀

Also-- Writers, unite! You do not need to be SFWA to be eligible for a lawsuit under the LibGen & PiLiMi Pirated Books Class - but you do need to act soon! Deadline: September 1, 2025. Read more about it here, and spread the word widely: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

A slate of authors’ groups urged the Ninth Circuit to reject Anthropic PBC’s request to delay a scheduled copyright trial to revisit an order certifying a class action against the AI company.

If you are a member of the Bartz v Anthropic class action class and your book is out of print, now is the time to revert your rights if you haven't already. There's a lot of money at stake.

t.co/0DId6aZFAh - the latest on the Anthropic class action lawsuit.

New #WriterBeware blog post: A brief backgrounder on authors' class action lawsuit against Anthropic for unauthorized AI training, plus how you can find out if your books may be included and how to add yourself to a contact list for official class action notices writerbeware.blog/2025/08/15/b...

This week on Planetside… Our behind-the-scenes look at Writer Beware continues with “Part 2: Challenges and Advocacy” of our interview with @victoriastrauss.com: www.sfwa.org/2025/08/14/s... Part of SFWA Presents: Get to Know…

Check out Part 1 of this interview with moi at SFWA's Planetside: everything you ever wanted to know about Writer Beware, how we do what we do, and why we're still scam-hunting after all these years. (Part 2 will be live this Thursday.)

Wow. Boundless, the successor to Unbound, the crowdfunded publisher that collapsed amid authors' complaints of non-payment and millions owed to creditors, has reportedly gone into administration itself & "will be closing down entirely, with no rescue" www.thebookseller.com/news/unbound...

Fake agency alert: Dan Baror International Literary Agency, obviously trying to trick writers into believing they're being contacted by Baror International Inc. (a real agency). The About Us page has been "borrowed", in re-worded form, from the real Baror website danbaror-intliteraryagency.com

1. Bad book promo: Writers, don't do this (or let your PR ppl do it): blast a non-personalized email to a laundry list of (poorly targeted, judging by the fact that Writer Beware got one of these) addresses. (I've redacted sender's name & bulk of email identifying the author, to avoid doxxing)

Here's something new to listen to while your soaking up the sun on the beach today: A discussion about a repurposed spacecraft to study the Asteroid Apophis set for a VERY close approach to Earth, with it's Principal Investigator, Dr. Dani DellaGiustina www.talkingspaceonline.com/osiris-apex-...

Big news from SFWA! Starting July 1, The SFWA Blog has a new name: Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWA. Read the announcement at www.sfwa.org/2025/07/02/i... Follow along at sfwa.org/planetside as we launch new features and continue publishing great content for SFF creators.

Hey, I'm going to say something general about publishing and bankruptcy. I'm not a bankruptcy expert; I'm just someone who has seen bankruptcy cases and knows how counterintuitive they can be. I do not know anything about UK bankruptcy law.

This week on The SFWA Blog… The first Nebula Awards had no precedent, no perfect system—just a passion for honoring remarkable stories. Learn the surprising details in “A Brief History of SFWA: The First Nebula Awards” by @michaelcapobianco.bsky.social at: www.sfwa.org/2025/05/27/a...

If I named a character Carlotta Katz in an otherwise serious piece of fiction, would it be a distraction?

So. Well. This is news so enormous it's ungraspable: I am SFWA's 41st Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master. I don't know what to say. In lieu of brains-match-mouth coherence, here's a press release. I am overwhelmed.

New Writer Beware blog post: there's a new scam technique in town: the "pre-paid" literary agent commission. A look at the fake agencies and equally fake associated business names that have practiced this fraud via fabricated publishing contracts writerbeware.blog/2025/03/28/a...

Thrilled to announce that I was able to fully execute my vision and play this video for a room full of scientists at #LPSC2025

We're ready for lift-off! Join the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association on March 12, 2025 at 5 P.M. PST for this year’s 60th Nebula Awards Finalist Announcement, in which we will announce this year’s finalists for the Nebula Awards, as chosen by SFWA members. www.youtube.com/@SFWA

This week on The SFWA Blog... Legacy of the Iron Curtain: Writing Ukrainian Fiction in a Post-Soviet World by A.D. Sui. What makes Ukrainian stories unique? Read this profound and moving essay at buff.ly/m79J55N

Author Solutions, progenitor of the Philippine publishing scam wave and one of the self-pub service providers with the worst reputations for quality and service, has been acquired--again--by a private investment firm. Some history 🧵1/ www.morningstar.com/news/pr-news...

Possible debris from last night's Falcon 9 upper stage reentry recovered in Poland? epoznan.pl/news-news-16...

Re-upping this PW article about payment problems at Albert Whitman, because I just got another complaint about unpaid advances, and per Publishers Marketplace, AW is still acquiring books www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Applications are open for the next round of the SFWA Career Mentorship Program! Mentors and mentees may apply through February 22 @ 9am PT. The three-month mentorship starts in March. More info here: www.sfwa.org/other-resour...

What would a pileated desert look like?

Thought I was clever thinking up this name, but lo and behold, it already exists. marylandbeer.org/febrewary/

Canadian authors: if you haven't signed up for PLR, please do so! publiclendingright.ca

"Every" means every and "each and every" is redundant.

Is the new Nosferatu movie a romantasy?

I'm on a panel about "The Eaton Legacy" at the 2025 Virtual Eaton Symposium on Wednesday 1/8 at 9.15-10.15 a.m. PDT. Mostly talking about SFWA's archival project and the Jay Kay Klein photo collection housed at Eaton. There are many more panels through the day and it's free.

The shadow of Kīlauea’s plume on Mauna Loa is absolutely stunning. The lava flows are also nice. USGS photos.

2025. Eek!

Thunderstorm on New Year's Eve. Auspicious?