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You may qualify for the AI book piracy claim if you hold the copyright on a book that ended up in a training set
Last checked August 30, 2026
This is a law-firm intake run by ClaimsHero, not a settled class action. The claim is that major AI companies copied millions of copyrighted books from piracy sites such as LibGen and Z-Library and used them to train commercial models.
If your book is among them, you sign up, the firm reviews your rights, and any case proceeds on its own facts. The listing is marked limited availability, which means intake can close.
You may qualify if
- ✓You are the author or the rights holder of a book that has an ISBN or an ASIN.
- ✓The book is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and you own the reproduction rights.
- ✓The book appeared on a piracy platform (LibGen or Z-Library, for example) or inside an AI training dataset.
What you need to sign up
Have your book's ISBN or ASIN and your copyright registration details ready. Those two items are what the criteria turn on, and the firm cannot evaluate a claim for an unregistered work.
The sign-up itself is a short form on ClaimsHero. It is free. Any fee comes out of a recovery under a separate agreement with the firm, and only if there is one.
Deadline and what you get
No public deadline is listed. ClaimsHero marks the listing limited availability, so it can stop taking new sign-ups at any point.
Copyright law allows statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work against each AI company. That is the legal maximum, not a payout estimate. ClaimsHero says compensation depends on the facts of your claim, the evidence, applicable law, and how the case resolves, and that every case is evaluated individually with no guarantee of payment.
The Payout app carries this listing as well and links to the same ClaimsHero form.
Questions about the AI Book Piracy case
My book has an ISBN but I never registered the copyright. Do I qualify?
The criteria call for registration with the U.S. Copyright Office plus ownership of the reproduction rights. Without registration the firm's criteria are not met as written.
How do I know if my book was in a training set?
The sign-up asks whether the book appeared on a piracy platform or in an AI training dataset. The firm checks that during review, so you do not need to prove it before submitting.
Is there a fund or a fixed amount?
No. Claims are handled individually. The $150,000 figure is a statutory ceiling per work, not an estimate.
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