Anthropic Burped Once Again…

And Copyright Stupidity Explodes!!

I hate that writers who want to make a living by licensing their copyright do not even understand what they own. Or even bother to learn the basics.

So on Friday, right as promised, the Anthropic legal settlement sent out statements of what was going to be paid and which claims were still in dispute. Money for non-disputed claims will start out on the 23rd.

And here comes the stupidity of writer after writer saying they could not let some dispute stand because they had to defend their copyright.

Defend their copyright????? These idiots think that if you don’t defend your copyright, you will lose it. Wow, just wow.

Basics of copyright here in the states (and internationally) is you own your copyright the moment you set it in some form or another. And the main way you lose it is by signing it away to some publisher. Takes a signature.

These idiots (seemingly proud of how stupid they are) were all over BlueSky and Facebook and (I heard other places) saying they had to defend their copyright.

There are situations where you need to defend a trademark, which is another form of IP.  Not going there because understanding the basics of copyright is the simple thing compared to trademark.

Just say in copyright there is no requirement of defense of copyright, and it certainly would have nothing to do with splitting up damages in a copyright infringement settlement. (Don’t believe me, just as your Google AI. That’s how basic this is.)