Author discovers publisher claimed 100% of Anthropic settlement money for his own books
Elijah_Meeks · x · 2026-09-04
Author Jason Colavito discovered that the publisher of his 2000s-2010s books has claimed 100% of the Anthropic settlement money for those titles, even though he holds the copyright. Elijah Meeks amplified the story with a jab at content farms and shady publishers profiting off others' work, spotlighting flaws in how settlement payouts are allocated to rights holders.
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