AI Book Piracy Claim: How to Claim, Free

What is the AI Book Piracy Claim about?

ClaimsHero, an Arizona law firm working with Stris & Maher LLP and Freedman Normand Friedland LLP, is filing individual copyright infringement claims on behalf of authors against Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI, OpenAI, and Perplexity in the Northern District of California, alleging the companies copied millions of books from piracy sites like LibGen and Z-Library to train their commercial AI models. Statutory damages can reach up to $150,000 per work per defendant — up to $750,000 per work across all defendants. These are individual claims, separate from any class action (including the Anthropic class settlement). Submitting takes about 4 minutes, there is no upfront cost, and the firm takes a 35% contingency fee only if your claim succeeds.\nAttorney advertising intake: this is not a settled class action. Payout is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Submitting information does not guarantee eligibility, attorney representation, an attorney-client relationship, or any recovery; those outcomes depend on law-firm review, applicable law, and a separate agreement with counsel.\nSponsored listing.

Who qualifies for the AI Book Piracy Claim?

You may qualify for the AI Book Piracy Claim if you meet the eligibility requirements below. Eligibility is finally determined by the settlement administrator, not by Payout.

• You are the author or rightsholder of a book with an ISBN or ASIN (on the cover or its Amazon page)
• The book is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and you own the reproduction rights
• The book appeared on piracy sites like LibGen or Z-Library, or was likely included in AI training datasets
• Individual claims against Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI, OpenAI, and Perplexity — separate from any class action
• No upfront cost — 35% contingency fee only if the claim succeeds

How do you file a AI Book Piracy Claim claim?

Check the eligibility requirements above, then file on the official claim site. You file directly with the settlement administrator and keep 100% of any payment — Payout never takes a cut.

Frequently asked questions

Before you file

If this is your first claim, how to claim a class action settlement walks through the process end to end, and what class action settlements actually pay per person explains how the amount is decided before you spend time on the form. Many cases need no receipts at all — see settlements with no proof of purchase.