Authors dispute publishers' share claims in Anthropic copyright settlement

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Authors are pushing back against publishers and literary agents who they believe are claiming an outsized portion of settlement payments from AI company Anthropic. The dispute centers on how funds from the settlement are being distributed among rights holders. Authors argue that publishers and agents are overreaching in their claims to the compensation. The conflict highlights ongoing tensions between individual creators and the larger industry players who represent or publish their work in AI-related copyright cases.

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