James Bartolomei
@jamesbartolomei.bsky.social
Copyright Lawyer. Good Trouble. https://www.duncanfirm.com/james-bartolomei-our-counsel/
Objecting or opting out are both options. The lawyers achieved a meaningful result but more than $15,000 an hour is the rate being sought. Compare that to the $1500 net you’re getting for months worth of work.
Anybody have thoughts about whether it's advisable to register a complaint about the small size of the class action settlement?
My s-i-l mentioned the amount per work stolen by Anthropic is likely to be only $1500. Theft on that scale ought to lead to bankruptcy at minimum imo.
My s-i-l mentioned the amount per work stolen by Anthropic is likely to be only $1500. Theft on that scale ought to lead to bankruptcy at minimum imo.
Authors: You can use this website to see if your work has been wrongly downloaded and used by Anthropic. You can join the class action lawsuit and get some money. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com?utm_medium=L...
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Objecting or opting out are both options. The lawyers achieved a meaningful result but more than $15,000 an hour is the rate being sought. Compare that to the $1500 net you’re getting for months worth of work.
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A question every reporter should be asking Trump and Republicans:
If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon?
If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon?
June 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A question every reporter should be asking Trump and Republicans:
If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon?
If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon?
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Probably a good moment to point out that US Homeland Terrorism Prevention is being led by an unqualified 22 year old kid who's one year out of college.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
June 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Probably a good moment to point out that US Homeland Terrorism Prevention is being led by an unqualified 22 year old kid who's one year out of college.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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D-G reports AG Tim Griffin has received nearly $30K in free family trips to Italy, France, S. Korea, CA & Seattle from Attorney General Alliance, funded by corporate donors & lobbyists trying to get cozy with AGs. Here's some @apnews.com reporting on group: apnews.com/article/us-s...
#arpx #Arkansas
#arpx #Arkansas
May 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
D-G reports AG Tim Griffin has received nearly $30K in free family trips to Italy, France, S. Korea, CA & Seattle from Attorney General Alliance, funded by corporate donors & lobbyists trying to get cozy with AGs. Here's some @apnews.com reporting on group: apnews.com/article/us-s...
#arpx #Arkansas
#arpx #Arkansas
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NEW: ALA denounces yesterday's unlawful firing of Dr. Shira Perlmutter, the Register of Copyrights at the Library of Congress.
Dr. Perlmutter has led the US Copyright Office with integrity, intelligence and an understanding of intellectual property issues. 1/2
Dr. Perlmutter has led the US Copyright Office with integrity, intelligence and an understanding of intellectual property issues. 1/2
May 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NEW: ALA denounces yesterday's unlawful firing of Dr. Shira Perlmutter, the Register of Copyrights at the Library of Congress.
Dr. Perlmutter has led the US Copyright Office with integrity, intelligence and an understanding of intellectual property issues. 1/2
Dr. Perlmutter has led the US Copyright Office with integrity, intelligence and an understanding of intellectual property issues. 1/2
It didn’t take long before the incompetence and arrogance of this regime would become a liability that puts our service men and women in harm’s way.
March 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It didn’t take long before the incompetence and arrogance of this regime would become a liability that puts our service men and women in harm’s way.
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Boasberg with a sarcastic aside: "What I will hear from you by noon tomorrow — and I will memorialize in written form since apparently my oral orders don't carry much weight — is a written declaration" about the third flight and also the information he's previously ordered them to provide.
March 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Boasberg with a sarcastic aside: "What I will hear from you by noon tomorrow — and I will memorialize in written form since apparently my oral orders don't carry much weight — is a written declaration" about the third flight and also the information he's previously ordered them to provide.
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Judge Boasberg is a hero.
March 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Judge Boasberg is a hero.
Turn it off. It’s trash.
March 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Turn it off. It’s trash.
The current administration just raised taxes by 25% on goods on all Americans that come from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tax hike on goods from China. Your hard earned money just got a whole lot weaker. Tarriffs are taxes on you the consumer. So weak and shortsighted.
March 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The current administration just raised taxes by 25% on goods on all Americans that come from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tax hike on goods from China. Your hard earned money just got a whole lot weaker. Tarriffs are taxes on you the consumer. So weak and shortsighted.
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Vermont understood the assignment.
Take notes, America.
Take notes, America.
March 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Vermont understood the assignment.
Take notes, America.
Take notes, America.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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One reason why I think respectability is stupid is because it's often used as a mask. Such judgements are rarely about the clothes themselves, but more often about the bodies beneath them. To wit, no one raised an issue when Elon wore a graphic t-shirt and ball cap to meet the Trump cabinet.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One reason why I think respectability is stupid is because it's often used as a mask. Such judgements are rarely about the clothes themselves, but more often about the bodies beneath them. To wit, no one raised an issue when Elon wore a graphic t-shirt and ball cap to meet the Trump cabinet.
80 years of allies. Gone today. Trump has sold America
out to Putin and his war criminal regime.
out to Putin and his war criminal regime.
March 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
80 years of allies. Gone today. Trump has sold America
out to Putin and his war criminal regime.
out to Putin and his war criminal regime.
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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
February 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
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This is not how federal criminal investigations work.
—me (former federal criminal investigator)
—me (former federal criminal investigator)
February 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is not how federal criminal investigations work.
—me (former federal criminal investigator)
—me (former federal criminal investigator)
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With the blessing of President Trump, the richest man in the world - who receives $8 million a day in US Government contracts - canceled a 9/11 Firefighters health research grant today.
He sees humans as expendable waste.
He sees humans as expendable waste.
February 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
With the blessing of President Trump, the richest man in the world - who receives $8 million a day in US Government contracts - canceled a 9/11 Firefighters health research grant today.
He sees humans as expendable waste.
He sees humans as expendable waste.
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Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14.
Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo
Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo
February 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14.
Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo
Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo
My clients are overjoyed and slightly amused that a DC jury's fairness came back to haunt Proud Boys’ lawyer and law firm a second time. @bdhoben.bsky.social and I successfully persuaded a jury to award our client a just result… And, there’s no pardon coming for this one.
January 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
My clients are overjoyed and slightly amused that a DC jury's fairness came back to haunt Proud Boys’ lawyer and law firm a second time. @bdhoben.bsky.social and I successfully persuaded a jury to award our client a just result… And, there’s no pardon coming for this one.
Free speech is only free when it matches Donald’s bruised, petulant ego.
January 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Free speech is only free when it matches Donald’s bruised, petulant ego.
what’s your spouse’s safe word for when you get belligerently drunk?
Nevermind, that’s only for the guy now in charge of the largest military in the world….
Nevermind, that’s only for the guy now in charge of the largest military in the world….
January 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
what’s your spouse’s safe word for when you get belligerently drunk?
Nevermind, that’s only for the guy now in charge of the largest military in the world….
Nevermind, that’s only for the guy now in charge of the largest military in the world….
What’s next from the snowflakes at the White House? People with food allergies are “woke” and need to just over it?
January 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What’s next from the snowflakes at the White House? People with food allergies are “woke” and need to just over it?
I don’t support or pal around with anyone that supports cop killers or Nazis. Just putting that out there.
January 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I don’t support or pal around with anyone that supports cop killers or Nazis. Just putting that out there.