Anthropic sued for allegedly scraping tens of thousands of songs to train Claude AI
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Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell filed a California lawsuit accusing Anthropic and its executives of scraping, torrenting and downloading tens of thousands of copyrighted songs and lyrics to train Claude AI, seeking billions in damages and alleging data stripping to deny attribution; the case cites hits like All I Want for Christmas Is You and Eye of the Tiger and follows a related $1.5B settlement in a separate copyright dispute against Anthropic.
Topics:business#ai-training#anthropic#copyright-infringement#lyrics-scraping#music-publishing#technology
- Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs The Guardian
- Music publishers sue Anthropic, allege "blantant theft" of copyrighted music Axios
- Sony accuses Anthropic of 'brazen campaign' to train Claude on its music — and wants up to $150,000 a song Business Insider
- Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging copyright infringement Mashable
- Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic in multi-billion dollar lawsuit Music Business Worldwide
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