Learn About Your Four Options and Due Dates
Below are the four options available to you if you are a class member. You can check the official list of works involved in the settlement using the Works List Lookup. For more information, please read the complete, Court-approved Class Notice about the preliminarily approved settlement that the Court advises class members to read before deciding how to act.
Your Four Options as a Class Member
File a Claim | File an Opt Out | File an Objection | Do Nothing |
Deadline to file a claim: March 30, 2026 | Deadline to file an opt out: February 9, 2026. | Deadline to object: February 9, 2026 | No deadline but please review deadlines for other options. |
To access the claim form and file a claim in the Settlement click here: Online Claim Form | This deadline has passed. | This deadline has passed. | See below for more information regarding the implications of doing nothing if you are a class member. |
What this means: If you believe you are in the Class, you may submit a Claim Form. If you do not submit a Claim Form, it is possible that you will not be paid or will not receive the maximum possible monetary recovery. You can receive payment for each qualifying work you own. If you submit a valid Claim Form, you will give up the right to sue Anthropic in a separate lawsuit about the legal claims this Settlement resolves. | What this means: You may have excluded yourself and every other legal and beneficial owner of your work by February 9, 2026, which has passed. This was the only option that allowed you to bring your own separate lawsuit against Anthropic for the claims this Settlement resolves. If you excluded yourself and all other rightsholders, you gave up the right to receive any payment from this Settlement and prevented all other legal and beneficial owners of your works from receiving any payment from this Settlement. If you excluded yourself and all other rightsholders from the Settlement, you could not have objected to it, and other legal and beneficial owners of your works also could not have objected to the Settlement. | What this means: You may have objected to the Settlement by February 9, 2026, which has passed, by writing to the Court and informing it why you do not think the Settlement should be approved. If you objected, you will still be bound by the Settlement if it is approved. If you objected, you may also file a Claim Form to receive a payment from this Settlement. | What this means: If you do nothing, three potential outcomes may result, depending on what the other rightsholders for your work do.
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What you must do: File a claim by March 30, 2026. To file a claim you may:
Bartz v. Anthropic c/o JND Legal Administration PO Box 91204 Seattle, WA 98111 NOTE THAT IF YOU SUBMIT THE CLAIM FORM BY MAIL IT MUST BE POST-MARKED BY MARCH 30, 2026. | The deadline to Opt Out passed on February 9, 2026. | The deadline to file an objection passed on February 9, 2026. | What you must do: No action is required of you. |
