Publishers squeeze authors out of Anthropic settlement payouts
Your settlement money at risk: publishers claiming portions meant for author compensation.
Original source — reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/1w84opo/discussion_the_agencies_trying_to_squeeze_their/
This story ran in the Coral Wire edition of Sun, Sep 6 2026, when the Coral Index stood at 45/100 (Headwinds).
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