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: January 15, 2026 | Deadline to object: January 15, 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 | To access the opt out form and exclude yourself from the Settlement click here: Online Opt Out Form | For information on objecting to the Settlement click here: FAQ 44 | 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 exclude yourself and every other legal and beneficial owner of your work by following the directions below by January 15, 2026. This is the only option that allows you to bring your own separate lawsuit against Anthropic for the claims this Settlement resolves. If you exclude yourself and all other rightsholders, you will give up the right to receive any payment from this Settlement and will prevent all other legal and beneficial owners of your works from receiving any payment from this Settlement. If you exclude yourself and all other rightsholders from the Settlement, you cannot object to it, and other legal and beneficial owners of your works also cannot object to the Settlement. | What this means: You may object to the Settlement by January 15, 2026 by writing to the Court and informing it why you do not think the Settlement should be approved. You will still be bound by the Settlement if it is approved. If you object, 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. | What you must do: File an opt out request by January 15, 2026. To file an opt out request, you may:
Bartz v. Anthropic c/o JND Legal Administration PO Box 91204 Seattle, WA 98111 NOTE THAT IF YOU SUBMIT THE OPT OUT FORM BY MAIL IT MUST BE POST-MARKED BY JANUARY 15, 2026.
| What you must do: File an objection by the January 15, 2026 deadline. To file an objection, you may submit the objection to the Court either:
Class Action Clerk, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 450 Golden Gate Ave. 16th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 | What you must do: No action is required of you. |
