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Sony and Warner Music sue Anthropic over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs, including ‘I Am the Walrus’ and ‘Hallelujah’

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Sony and Warner Music sue Anthropic over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs, including ‘I Am the Walrus’ and ‘Hallelujah’
Fortune
Fortune1 hrs ago
Sony and Warner Music sue Anthropic over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs, including ‘I Am the Walrus’ and ‘Hallelujah’
The music publishers are seeking up to $150,000 per pirated song—and $25,000 for each removed copyright information.
Rappler
Rappler4 hrs ago
Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic over songs used in AI training
Sony and Warner say Anthropic pirated hundreds of song lyrics and sheet music from The Beatles, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, and hundreds of other artists to train Claude to respond to human prompts
Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic over songs used in AI training
Anthropic claims that lawyers are recyling allegations from cases already before the court.
Billboard
Billboard9 hrs ago
Suno Sued Again, Accused of Training Model on Mexican Music Catalog to Make Spanish AI Songs
A regional Mexican label and publisher claims its catalog helped Suno "capture a significant share of the Spanish language AI user market."
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera13 hrs ago
Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic, saying it pirated songs to train its AI
Anthropic pirated hundreds of lyrics from The Beatles, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson and other artists, lawsuit says.
Variety
Variety15 hrs ago
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Allege Anthropic Launched ‘Brazen Campaign’ to Illegally Train Claude on Copyrighted Songs in New Lawsuit
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have filed a federal lawsuit against Anthropic that claimed the AI giant’s alleged theft of the companies’ intellectual property marked “a brazen campaign of illegally torrenting, scraping, and downloading copyrighted works on a massive scale,” representing the latest leg
Reuters
Reuters15 hrs ago
Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic over songs used in AI training
Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic over songs used in AI training  Reuters
Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic over songs used in AI training
Aug 31 : The music publishing branches of Sony Music and Warner Music have sued Anthropic in California federal court for allegedly misusing their copyrighted song compositions to train its Claude AI models.Sony and Warner said in the complaint, filed on Friday, that Anthropic pirated hundreds of song lyrics and sheet
Quartz
Quartz17 hrs ago
Sony Music and Warner Chappell sued Anthropic for allegedly pirating songs to train Claude
The publishers are seeking up to $150,000 per composition and named Anthropic co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann as defendants
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 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, mu
Mashable
Mashable1 days ago
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging copyright infringement
Sony Music and Warner just filed a lawsuit alleging that Anthropic developed Claude models using stolen music.
Sony Music, Warner accuse Anthropic of ‘blatant theft’ in major new lawsuit
Some of the world’s biggest music publishers have launched a fresh lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the artificial intelligence giant of conducting “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history”. The case adds to the legal challenges facing Anthropic as the firm eyes a poten
Sony accuses Anthropic of 'brazen campaign' to train Claude on its music — and wants up to $150,000 a song
Sony Music and Warner Chappell filed a lawsuit against Anthropic on Friday. Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Claude seems to be a music fan. Sony Music and Warner Chappell sued Anthropic on Friday. The music companies said Anthropic trained its Claude AI models on stolen, copyrigh
Engadget
Engadget2 days ago
Sony and Warner sue Anthropic for 'blatant violation' of copyright law
The two music publishing groups claim thousands of instances of copyright infringement.
TechCrunch
TechCrunch2 days ago
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft
This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.
The Verge
The Verge2 days ago
Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic
Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for "tens of thousands" copyrighted works. The companies are asking for up to $150,000 per work, plus up to $25,000 for each instance when identifiable copyright data was str
Axios
Axios🏁 first to report2 days ago
Music publishers sue Anthropic, allege "blantant theft" of copyrighted music
Some of the world's largest music publishers filed a blockbuster lawsuit against Anthropic late Friday night, alleging "one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history." Why it matters: The suit is the opening salvo in what is now likely to be a yearslong fight over music, AI, and