Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs
Major music publishers including Sony and Warner Chappell have filed a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic. The suit alleges that the company illegally scraped copyrighted lyrics to train its Claude AI models.
Why it matters
This case represents a critical legal battle regarding intellectual property rights and the training data used by generative AI companies.
Music publishers have claimed Anthropic’s models ‘scraped’ smash hits including Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You. for MC Music publishers have claimed Anthropic’s models ‘scraped’ smash hits including Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You. for MC Music industry Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models
Prefer the Guardian on Google All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the startup behind the Claude chatbot.
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, music publishers who manage the copyright of songs on behalf of songwriters and composers, are seeking damages for alleged misuse of “tens of thousands” of copyrighted works by Anthropic .
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