AI Book Pirating
AI Book Pirating
Major AI companies are being sued for allegedly copying millions of copyrighted books from piracy websites to train commercial language models. Authors and rightsholders may be able to pursue individual claims for these infringements.
Max Damages:
Up to $750k Per Work*
Status:
Accepting Submissions
Total Eligible:
500,000+
Time to Submit:
4 mins
Overview
Your books may have helped build the AI economy - without your permission or payment.
Major AI companies allegedly copied millions of copyrighted books from piracy sites like LibGen and Z-Library and used them to train commercial AI models now worth billions of dollars. Instead of licensing works or compensating authors, they embedded protected creative expression directly into their systems. Each of these systems are now valued in the hundreds of billions.
If your book was among those copied and you are the author, you may be eligible for compensation against each of these AI companies. The Copyright Act provides for statutory damages up to $150,000 per work against each AI company.
Two decades ago, courts imposed crushing damages on a college student for illegally downloading a few songs in the case of Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum. Now, some of the largest and most sophisticated companies in the world copied millions of full-length books, without permission, to accelerate an AI arms race and monetize authors’ work at unprecedented scale. If copyright law demanded accountability for isolated, noncommercial infringement, it should demand far more when infringement is industrialized, intentional, and central to a multitrillion-dollar business model.
AI companies themselves have described books as “gold-standard” training data. They took that value without permission. This case exists to hold them accountable.
ClaimsHero is working with two leading litigation firms to represent authors in individual actions against these companies. You can read about each of them here: Stris & Maher LLP and Freedman Normand Friedland LLP.
On December 22, 2025, we filed the first set of these cases on behalf of authors, including Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists. You can download and read the complaint here.
Completing our intake form takes only minutes and involves no obligation unless you qualify and choose to proceed. We invite you to join the effort to hold these companies accountable.
*Assumes statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work for five defendants.
Eligibility
You may qualify if you are the author or rightsholder of a book that
Has an ISBN or ASIN shown on the book cover or Amazon page.
Is registered with the US Copyright Office.
You own the reproduction rights.
Your book appeared on LibGen, Z Library, Bibliotik, Books3, or similar piracy sources, or was likely included in datasets used to train AI models.
Additional criteria may apply upon review of your application.
Let us help you pursue recovery from the AI companies.
Recent lawsuits allege that leading AI companies copied millions of books from piracy websites without permission. These were protected works owned by authors and rightsholders. By pursuing an individual claim, you may be entitled to significant compensation for infringement of your copyrighted work.
ClaimsHero is not affiliated with any class action, class counsel, or settlement administrator in a copyright infringement case against an AI company.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, ClaimsHero is an Arizona law firm.
Yes, but nothing upfront, and we only get paid if your legal claim is successful. We take 35% only in the event you win.
ClaimsHero partners with experienced and sophisticated law firms that litigate high stakes cases all over the country. If you retain ClaimsHero in this matter, we will partner with Stris & Maher LLP and Freedman Normand Friedland LLP, which may file an individual legal claim on your behalf. That partnering, of course, will not increase the amount you owe in attorney's fees.
There are some cases that have been filed against certain AI companies as class actions and some that have been filed on behalf of individual plaintiffs. ClaimsHero is not affiliated with any class action, class counsel, or settlement administrator in a copyright infringement case against an AI company. Rather, ClaimsHero and its legal partners are representing individuals seeking to bring their copyright claims directly against certain AI companies. For example, ClaimsHero’s partner law firms have filed a complaint in the Northern District of California on behalf of several authors, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, against Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI, OpenAI, and Perplexity.
Bringing an individual case means not being bound by the result in a class action—which involves both potential risks and benefits. For example, bringing an individual case means exerting control—getting to choose your own counsel, whether to settle the case and for what amount, or whether to go to trial. Being part of a class action, on the other hand, usually means waiting to collect a potential settlement and only passively participating in the litigation. Often class actions settle for a fraction of the overall potential damages involved. If you want to pursue the maximum damages available through trial, for example, and are willing to risk potentially receiving no award if the jury finds against you, that could counsel in favor of pursuing an individual action. Ultimately, individual risk tolerance plays a large factor in deciding how to pursue your claims for copyright infringement, and ClaimsHero is available to answer any questions you may have. You can contact ClaimsHero at contact@claimshero.com.
If you have more questions, feel free to reach out to our support team for detailed assistance and guidance.
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