Comment on Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I’m not getting too excited yet. All class action lawsuits I’ve heard of end up netting individual members only a few bucks each. Unless the settlement specifically grants authors right to opt out of AI scraping, it’s only a small victory. Hopefully settlement details will come out soon.
SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I’ve been part of a class action suite that netted me several hundred dollars, but it was a rarity, most others I’ve participated in ended up with me receiving between $1-20.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
There are websites where you can sign up for class actions (a lot of them require no proof) and they make like a hundred or hundreds each year.
I would lose the checks before I cashed them probably.
SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Most of the ones I’ve been a part of I’ve had to provide information that proves that I was negatively affected, but there have been a couple that I didn’t have to do that. Generally I think the ones where you have to provide proof lean towards being higher in the amount of money you get, but that’s only my personal experience.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Very true, the websites are usually pretty good about detailing what level of information is needed.
The no proof ones are usually like 5-$25, but if adds up. I just point it out because most people don’t realize that there is always a couple class actions that they can add their name to for payouts.