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Aug 30, 2026

Anthropic sued by Sony Music and Warner Chappell over unauthorized use of copyrighted songs in AI training

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging the AI company used copyrighted song compositions without authorization to train its Claude chatbot, including evidence the company used BitTorrent to obtain songbooks.

Aug 30, 20263 sources

Aug 29, 2026

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, 20269 sources

Aug 25, 2026

Australia bans AI-generated music from official charts

The Australian Recording Industry Association updated its Code of Practice to require songs be substantially human-made for chart eligibility, after an AI-produced song reached number four in July.

Aug 25, 20263 sources

Top claims

▪The lawsuit specifically accuses Anthropic co-founder Benjamin Mann of using BitTorrent to obtain pirated books, while Anthropic employees allegedly downloaded the remaining files
▪The lawsuit alleges Anthropic pirated over 20,000 songs to train Claude, including Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You' and Taylor Swift's 'Paper Rings.'
▪Anthropic characterized the lawsuit as the third legal action from the same lawyers recycling allegations that are already before the courts

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AI copyright & training data2 AI copyright & training data lawsuits2 AI regulation & lawsuits2 Large language models (LLMs)2 AI policy1 AI Regulation1 Generative audio1

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