Mackenzie Flohr
@mackenzieflohr.bsky.social
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Authors win discovery ruling in lawsuit against Open AI that could help prove willful copyright infringement (over the use of pirated datasets for AI training)
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Authors win discovery ruling in lawsuit against Open AI that could help prove willful copyright infringement (over the use of pirated datasets for AI training)
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For anyone who has been confused by the disappearance of the official Anthropic Settlement website, it's back online: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
It was temporarily removed thanks to concerns by the judge in the case, who stipulated a number of changes that had to be made.
It was temporarily removed thanks to concerns by the judge in the case, who stipulated a number of changes that had to be made.
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
For anyone who has been confused by the disappearance of the official Anthropic Settlement website, it's back online: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
It was temporarily removed thanks to concerns by the judge in the case, who stipulated a number of changes that had to be made.
It was temporarily removed thanks to concerns by the judge in the case, who stipulated a number of changes that had to be made.
Next time I tell myself it's not important to work out details about characters in my series, I'm going to remind myself that I would have known this layer about Mierta's Mum 6 yrs ago if ONLY I had spent the time designing her wand! A las, that's why we're expanding ROW!
#theriteofwands #writing
#theriteofwands #writing
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Next time I tell myself it's not important to work out details about characters in my series, I'm going to remind myself that I would have known this layer about Mierta's Mum 6 yrs ago if ONLY I had spent the time designing her wand! A las, that's why we're expanding ROW!
#theriteofwands #writing
#theriteofwands #writing
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My #DoctorWho starter pack is full! Be sure to follow all of these wonderful people if you're looking for more Whovians to grace your timeline.
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November 21, 2024 at 12:16 PM
My #DoctorWho starter pack is full! Be sure to follow all of these wonderful people if you're looking for more Whovians to grace your timeline.
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go.bsky.app/7o2frqm
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New #WriterBeware blog post: the minute the humongous Anthropic copyright settlement was announced, it became inevitable that unrelated third parties would seek to benefit...in this case, by convincing authors to opt out writerbeware.blog/2025/11/07/p...
Predatory Opt-Outs: The Speculators Come for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement - Writer Beware
The enormous, $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright class action settlement is reputedly the biggest copyright infringement recovery in history. With such a high-profile case, it’s inevitable that eligible...
writerbeware.blog
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: the minute the humongous Anthropic copyright settlement was announced, it became inevitable that unrelated third parties would seek to benefit...in this case, by convincing authors to opt out writerbeware.blog/2025/11/07/p...
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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This week on Planetside…
Miss NaNoWriMo? You’re not alone. Here’s a new way to reignite your writing momentum.
“Finding Your Writing Flow After NaNoWriMo” by @michaelsolisauthor.bsky.social (with the author’s narration): www.sfwa.org/2025/10/30/f...
Miss NaNoWriMo? You’re not alone. Here’s a new way to reignite your writing momentum.
“Finding Your Writing Flow After NaNoWriMo” by @michaelsolisauthor.bsky.social (with the author’s narration): www.sfwa.org/2025/10/30/f...
November 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This week on Planetside…
Miss NaNoWriMo? You’re not alone. Here’s a new way to reignite your writing momentum.
“Finding Your Writing Flow After NaNoWriMo” by @michaelsolisauthor.bsky.social (with the author’s narration): www.sfwa.org/2025/10/30/f...
Miss NaNoWriMo? You’re not alone. Here’s a new way to reignite your writing momentum.
“Finding Your Writing Flow After NaNoWriMo” by @michaelsolisauthor.bsky.social (with the author’s narration): www.sfwa.org/2025/10/30/f...
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Massive win and beginning of the end for generative ai
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Massive win and beginning of the end for generative ai
These are getting really bad. I find 3-5 new marketing scams in my inbox per day!
In case you're wondering if that book review offer or marketing pitch or friendly message from a well-known author are genuine (the short version: probably not)...my collection of blog posts on the new Nigerian marketing scams will help you decide writerbeware.blog/tag/nigeria/
Nigerian scams Archives - Writer Beware
writerbeware.blog
October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
These are getting really bad. I find 3-5 new marketing scams in my inbox per day!
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SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE MY FIRST EVER PRODUCT COLLAB - INTRODUCING BOOBERRY LEMONADE CHARGED REFRESHER BY MADRINAS!!!
This has been in the works for a while and we’ve been flavor testing - and I think we NAILED IT
This has been in the works for a while and we’ve been flavor testing - and I think we NAILED IT
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE MY FIRST EVER PRODUCT COLLAB - INTRODUCING BOOBERRY LEMONADE CHARGED REFRESHER BY MADRINAS!!!
This has been in the works for a while and we’ve been flavor testing - and I think we NAILED IT
This has been in the works for a while and we’ve been flavor testing - and I think we NAILED IT
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In the footsteps of Anthropic: a new class action (not yet certified) against Salesforce for using pirated books for AI training. There will be more of these
A new lawsuit has been filed against Salesforce over using pirated books to train its LLM.
buff.ly/nNGxVoP
buff.ly/nNGxVoP
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In the footsteps of Anthropic: a new class action (not yet certified) against Salesforce for using pirated books for AI training. There will be more of these
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In another loss of distribution services, Baker & Taylor is closing down www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down
At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.
www.publishersweekly.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In another loss of distribution services, Baker & Taylor is closing down www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Authors whose works are in the LibGen pirate database downloaded by Anthropic for AI training & now subject of a massive class action settlement: @sfwa.bsky.social has an online survey to gather data on the impact (you don't need to be a SFWA member to participate) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Author Experience Survey: Did Anthropic Downloads Include Your Work?
SFWA is gathering information to share with the larger genre and literary community about our specific experiences with the LibGen dataset download.
Do you have a story you'd like to share? Was one o...
docs.google.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Authors whose works are in the LibGen pirate database downloaded by Anthropic for AI training & now subject of a massive class action settlement: @sfwa.bsky.social has an online survey to gather data on the impact (you don't need to be a SFWA member to participate) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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In my indie game Innkeep you can eavesdrop on conversations. Each one is unique. And you never know when you might learn something useful.
#indiegames
#indiegames
October 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In my indie game Innkeep you can eavesdrop on conversations. Each one is unique. And you never know when you might learn something useful.
#indiegames
#indiegames
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📢Kickstarter is NOW LIVE! 🙌The Wait is over!
🚀The Last Worlds has just launched on Kickstarter! ✨Don't miss the start of this NEW adventure!
❤️Like 🔄Repost & SPREAD THE WORD — together we can make history❤️🔥
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lup...
🚀The Last Worlds has just launched on Kickstarter! ✨Don't miss the start of this NEW adventure!
❤️Like 🔄Repost & SPREAD THE WORD — together we can make history❤️🔥
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lup...
Coming soon: The Last Worlds Crossed Souls - Open World 3D Action RPG
A game inspired by classic fantasy RPGs. Explore the vast planet Ness-444. Discover your past with your loyal companion, Lupio.
www.kickstarter.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📢Kickstarter is NOW LIVE! 🙌The Wait is over!
🚀The Last Worlds has just launched on Kickstarter! ✨Don't miss the start of this NEW adventure!
❤️Like 🔄Repost & SPREAD THE WORD — together we can make history❤️🔥
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lup...
🚀The Last Worlds has just launched on Kickstarter! ✨Don't miss the start of this NEW adventure!
❤️Like 🔄Repost & SPREAD THE WORD — together we can make history❤️🔥
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lup...
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New #WriterBeware blog post: An update on the historic Bartz v. Anthropic settlement. It's been preliminarily approved by the court, but many questions remain about the claims process, the timeline, and exactly which works are included writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/b...
Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement: An Update for Authors - Writer Beware
BACKGROUND A year ago, a group of authors filed suit against AI company Anthropic over its creation of an enormous library of digitized books to train its Claude LLMs, arguing that because Anthropic d...
writerbeware.blog
September 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: An update on the historic Bartz v. Anthropic settlement. It's been preliminarily approved by the court, but many questions remain about the claims process, the timeline, and exactly which works are included writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/b...
I'm excited to announce that I’m part of the Content Creator Program for The Hungry Ghost Festival 2025! 🥳
I’ll be streaming horror games from September 6–13. I can't wait to get scared!
Huge thanks to @seagamethetic.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity!
#HungryGhostFestival2025
I’ll be streaming horror games from September 6–13. I can't wait to get scared!
Huge thanks to @seagamethetic.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity!
#HungryGhostFestival2025
August 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I'm excited to announce that I’m part of the Content Creator Program for The Hungry Ghost Festival 2025! 🥳
I’ll be streaming horror games from September 6–13. I can't wait to get scared!
Huge thanks to @seagamethetic.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity!
#HungryGhostFestival2025
I’ll be streaming horror games from September 6–13. I can't wait to get scared!
Huge thanks to @seagamethetic.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity!
#HungryGhostFestival2025
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Tips to confirm registration:
- Ask your agent & publisher for the copyright cert
- Use Advanced Search
- Test shorter title versions, drop subtitle
- Try different author name spellings (full legal, accents, hyphens)
- Search your ISBN
- Check under your publisher’s name
- Ask your agent & publisher for the copyright cert
- Use Advanced Search
- Test shorter title versions, drop subtitle
- Try different author name spellings (full legal, accents, hyphens)
- Search your ISBN
- Check under your publisher’s name
August 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Tips to confirm registration:
- Ask your agent & publisher for the copyright cert
- Use Advanced Search
- Test shorter title versions, drop subtitle
- Try different author name spellings (full legal, accents, hyphens)
- Search your ISBN
- Check under your publisher’s name
- Ask your agent & publisher for the copyright cert
- Use Advanced Search
- Test shorter title versions, drop subtitle
- Try different author name spellings (full legal, accents, hyphens)
- Search your ISBN
- Check under your publisher’s name
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Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.
I am lightly horrified by how many people have now looked up their books and found out their publishers (who often were required contractually!!!!) just... didn't register the copyrights on books. Not all of them! Just sporadically!
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
August 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.
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This is eye-opening. I had no idea there were so many.
Check out our NEW #AI Licensing page that showcases the existing AI licenses and ongoing negotiations. You'll quickly notice that there are multitudes of AI licenses being struck across a wide spectrum of creative disciplines.
AI Licensing | Copyright Alliance
AI Licensing for Creative Works The following is a list of existing AI licenses or ongoing negotiations to illustrate the robust and ongoing licensing markets for AI use of creative works. As…
copyrightalliance.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is eye-opening. I had no idea there were so many.
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If you are a member of the Bartz v Anthropic class action class and your book is out of print, now is the time to revert your rights if you haven't already. There's a lot of money at stake.
August 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If you are a member of the Bartz v Anthropic class action class and your book is out of print, now is the time to revert your rights if you haven't already. There's a lot of money at stake.
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"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
My books are on there.
Important for writers whose books have been used without permission for AI training--this is the class action lawsuit against Anthropic. Find your books in the LibGen database, and fill out the form on the law firm's website.
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
August 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My books are on there.
@xdetune.bsky.social tagging you to check this out.
Lovely weekend for a camping trip. Just watch out for creepy clowns lurking in the woods 🤡 #ClownCamp #FourthOfJuly #IndieGame
July 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
@xdetune.bsky.social tagging you to check this out.