Authors Contest Anthropic Settlement Payout Splits

Rohan Paul posted on X that authors are contesting publisher and agent claims on payouts from Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement. The fund covers about 500,000 eligible titles at roughly $3,000 each. Non-education works default to a 50/50 author-publisher split, while sole rightsholders can claim 100 percent. The post references the Authors Guild position that authors should receive their due shares. A split-screen screenshot appears attached to the tweet.