The Permissions Company LLC

Bernard DeVoto wasn't wrong in the letter linked below.

to Mr. Woodford to Mr. Woodford April 3, 1950 Dear Mr. Woodford: Of course you have my permission to use the quotation from The Year of Decision you ask for. Incidentally, I solicit you not to assist the growing c…

https://authorsguild.org/news/claimshero-and-anthropic-settlement-what-authors-need-to-know/

Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litigation experience in federal court—is using online ads and other means […]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

Not sure that I agree with the article's title here--the problem was not that the company's *output* was itself a copyright violation, but that the *input* of millions of downloaded books is. And it is that input which is going to get them into trouble.

Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit A federal judge in San Francisco ruled late on Monday that Anthropic's use of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system was legal under U.S. copyright law.