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Authors Guild (on the court's final approval)

3 records were read from this source, dated 20 Jul 2026 to 21 Jul 2026.

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Last checked 11 Oct 2026

What was read from it

Records read from this source
Record	Kind	As stated	Dated
Books in the Bartz v. Anthropic class settlement (pirated copies used for training)	Price observation	approximately $3,000 per work, from a $1.5 billion fund per book	20 Jul 2026
Bartz v. Anthropic: final approval	Court case	$1.5 billion	20 Jul 2026
Litigation outcomes set a floor for licensing	Negotiation lever	The court-approved Anthropic settlement pays about $3,000 per work, four times the $750…	21 Jul 2026

Figures it feeds

$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