Support TAA’s Advocacy for Textbook and Academic Authors in the Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement

While critical in supporting textbook and academic authors whose works are included in the Settlement, TAA’s advocacy efforts have been costly— and we could use your help to defray those costs.

We are the only association actively advocating for your interests in the Settlement. Our direct involvement has resulted in:

  • University press authors receiving a 50-50 default split with their publisher.
  • Providing invaluable guidance on filing claims, especially for educational authors who have no default split.
  • Preventing publishers from directing authors on what percentage split they should claim for their works, and forcing Sage, who sent such an email, to send a correction to its authors. 
  • Working to ensure that authors receive clear instructions on how to settle disagreements with their publisher on percentage splits post-claims process, including that they have the right to have their claim reviewed by the Special Master if a satisfactory agreement cannot be made with their publisher.

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A Big Thank You To Our Supporters

Kenneth Saladin | Wayne Weiten | Patricia Goodson | Jay Devore | Charles Corbin | Patrick Hurley | Julie Lobur | Derek P. Morgan

Kenneth SaladinTAA Member Makes Gift in Support of TAA’s Efforts to Guide Authors in the Bartz v Anthropic Settlement

A big thank you to anatomy and physiology textbook author Kenneth Saladin for his donation of $15,000 in support of TAA’s efforts to guide authors through the Bartz v Anthropic settlement process.

“Thank you so much for TAA’s immeasurably helpful information on how we authors can advocate for a just apportionment of the Anthropic settlement," he said. I think most of us would be lost without this, particularly since counsel for the class cannot represent or advise any one of us as individuals. It’s probably more than I stand to get in settlement even for my eligible books, but fighting for principles is more important to me than fighting for money. Anthropic probably isn’t the last AI battle that authors will have to fight, but it will help lay the groundwork to perhaps make others a little easier.”

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You can also mail a check to TAA, 1710 Dondee Road, Madison, WI 53716.

We are deeply grateful for your ongoing support of TAA.

Questions? Contact Kim Pawlak, Executive Director, at (507) 459-1363 or [email protected]
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