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Music publishers sue Anthropic, allege "blantant theft" of copyrighted music

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Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic for copyright infringement

Major music publishers including Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging the AI company illegally used copyrighted songs to train its Claude model. The publishers are seeking damages of up to $150,000 per composition, calling it one of the largest thefts of intellectual property in history.

Aug 29, 2026·9 sourcesLarge language models (LLMs)Music industryAI copyright & training dataAI regulation & lawsuitsAI copyright & training data lawsuits
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic for copyright infringement
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