Michael Capobianco @michaelcapobian

Writer of hard sf, 3-time SFWA President, planetology fan. capobian.com Southern MD Joined April 2009

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss

a week ago

Does your publishing contract require your publisher to register your copyright? Don't assume they did. writerbeware.blog/2025/08/29/if-…

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TekNews Daily @TekNewsDaily

2 weeks ago

Ars Technica | Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… #TekNook #TekNewsDaily #Technology #Tech #TechNews

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Led by @AuthorsGuild, four writers' associations have just moved to file an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit opposing @AnthropicAI's appeal from Judge Alsup's class certification order in the Bartz case. Anthropic has asked the Court to decide the matter before 9/2..🧵👀

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Excited Utterance @ExcitedUttRead

2 weeks ago

Authors Guild and Leading Writers’ Organizations File Amicus Brief in Support of Authors in Class Action Against Anthropic ⁦@AuthorsGuild⁩ authorsguild.org/news/amicus-br…

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Michael Capobianco @michaelcapobian

3 weeks ago

If you are a member of the Bartz v Anthropic class action class and your book is out of print, now is the time to revert your rights if you haven't already. There's a lot of money at stake.

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Edward Lee @edleeprof

3 weeks ago

Bartz book authors add legal firepower and ask Judge Alsup to approve the class notice. Anthropic did not join the motion. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/08/15/bar…

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss

a month ago

New at #WriterBeware: In Feb, Must Read Magazines acquired 5 well-known genre magazines. A look at the concern and controversy created by the group's new contracts, & how advocacy by the SF/F community may lead to change writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/con…

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Sharon Marchisello @SLMarchisello

2 months ago

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss

2 months ago

New Writer Beware blog post (at Writer Unboxed): in light of recent publisher bankruptcies, a look at why you shouldn't count on the bankruptcy clause in your publishing contract when your publisher goes under writerunboxed.com/2025/06/27/why…

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Michael Capobianco @michaelcapobian

5 months ago

My Antarctica story with a fifty-year gestation period "The Iceberg" is out now.

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ESA Operations @esaoperations

5 months ago

275 new near-Earth objects were designated in March 2025, taking the total number of known objects to more than 38 000! Find the latest asteroid news and a fun little quiz in the April newsletter from ESA's Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre: neo.ssa.esa.int/-/latest-newsl…

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Scotland’s Coefficient @scotlandscoeff1

6 months ago

🆕 ScottishFootball.info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scott McTominay awarded the SFWA Player of the year award for the second consecutive season 📅A look at McTominay's indiviual contribution & the list of winners since the awards inception 4⃣ Only four players have won it while playing in Scotland

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Future of Music Coalition @future_of_music

6 months ago

BREAKING: DC appeals court unanimously sides with @CopyrightOffice, which refused to register an AI -created work. The court agreed with the Office that copyright only protects human creativity. 🎨🎶🎥💃🤖

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Rosemary Jones @rosemaryjones

6 months ago

So I pitched this article as "Why is John Carter of Mars like the Bridgertons?" and the SFWA editors laughed. Then said "Do more than just that." Highly recommend #writing for this pro market. The editors are great to work with: sfwa.org/2025/02/25/rom…

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Dids Macdonald OBE @DidsMacdonald

6 months ago

Designers not only rely on design rights but also create copyright-protected works. Pls urge the government not erode copyright law which would allow AI companies to use UK creative content without payment or permission. By 23.59 tonight email [email protected]

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss

7 months ago

New #WriterBeware blog post: A look at the UK's proposed copyright exception to allow AI companies to train on creators' work without permission, with creators' only remedy being to opt out #WritingCommunity writerbeware.blog/2025/01/31/tur…

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss

8 months ago

New blog post: My annual look back at the scams, publisher implosions, contract issues, bogus organizations, and oddities that Writer Beware covered in the year just past #WriterBeware #WritingCommunity writerbeware.blog/2025/01/10/bes…

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MarylandWriters.org @MarylandWriters

8 months ago

Join us for our January Webinar, January 18th with Richard C. White and Michael Capobianco. marylandwriters.org #writingcommunity #creativewriting #writinglife #writingtips #writingadvice

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Freelance Solidarity Project @FSP_NWU

8 months ago

Asking for what you want doesn't have to be scary. Join us & @The_IIJ for a collaborative discussion on negotiating rates as a freelancer, both individually AND collectively. RSVP at bit.ly/rockstarnegoti…

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Carissa Véliz @CarissaVeliz

9 months ago

"The following will be a series of falsehoods, fabrications, and outright lies in order to make future AI training data, and therefore the AI models themselves, even less reliable than they already are." #AIEthics lithub.com/steal-this-web…