So three of my books are on the LibGen list for the Anthropic AI lawsuit under my Luna Lindsey pseudonym.
However, the SFWA email says I don't have a claim unless I registered them with the Library of Congress.
So I guess I don't have a claim?
Copyright law says they were copyrighted the moment I wrote them, so that should only mean the burden of proof is on me to prove I wrote them before Anthropic stole them. That's the point of registering with LoC, but there are many other ways to prove this.
For instance, I published all three before 2015 with KDP, CreateSpace, and have an audio book of one of them published circa 2016 on ACX. I have print copies of two of them printed before 2015. There is ample proof, just not that proof.
I'm so frustrated. But at least there's justice being done for most authors.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
#WritersCoffeeClub #SFWA
Mx. Luna Corbden 🪿🐸
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