$3,000/book for each Class work above 500,000

Bartz v. Anthropic class settlement: the payment Anthropic owes for each class work added to the Works List above 500,000

Dated 5 Sep 2025Source checked 14 Oct 2026Page out of reach at the last check, 17 Oct 2026Basis: docket

In the source's own words

“one billion five hundred million U.S. Dollars ($1,500,000,000.00), plus all interest earned thereon, plus additional payments by Anthropic of $3,000/book (to be placed in the Escrow Account) for each Class work above 500,000 added to the Works List by Anthropic”

Where it was read

Bartz v. Anthropic, Class Action Settlement Agreement (N.D. Cal. 3:24-cv-05417, Dkt. 363-3), on the settlement website, checked 14 Oct 2026
Everything read from this source (1)Archived copy, 10 Sep 2026

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$2,750 per book or titleText and archives, sales that happened, per book or title
$881 to $3,082 per book or titlePublic prices for text

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