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Oct 25, 2026

Elvis Presley estate sues Anthropic for $41 million over copyright infringement

The estate controlling Elvis Presley's music catalog filed a $41 million lawsuit alleging Anthropic used Presley's music to train its AI models without permission.

Oct 25, 2026·3 sources

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▪The owners of Elvis Presley's music rights filed a lawsuit against Anthropic in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging copyright infringement
▪Anthropic told Billboard magazine that it disagreed with the copyright infringement allegations made by music company Reservoir
▪AI music company Suno faced copyright lawsuits from major record labels, after which Suno partnered with Warner Music Group while litigation with Universal Music Group and Sony remains ongoing

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AI and copyright1 AI regulation & lawsuits1 AI training data1 Generative AI1 Microsoft1 New York Times1 OpenAI1

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