GoKawiilSony Music and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over alleged music copyright piracy
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and other music publishers have filed suit against Anthropic and its co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann in a California federal court, accusing the AI company of torrenting and scraping copyrighted song lyrics and sheet music to train its Claude models. Anthropic says it disagrees with the claims and plans to fight the case in court.
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This adds to a growing pile of legal challenges against Anthropic over how it sourced training data, following a $1.5 billion settlement in the Bartz v. Anthropic book-piracy case earlier this year. The outcome could further clarify how courts distinguish between legal use of copyrighted material for AI training and illegal acquisition through piracy, shaping licensing practices across the AI industry.
- Music publishers accuse Anthropic of illegally torrenting and scraping copyrighted lyrics and sheet music.
- The lawsuit echoes prior cases against Anthropic, including the $1.5 billion Bartz v. Anthropic settlement.
- Anthropic maintains it will contest the allegations in court.
Source: techcrunch.com — Kirsten Korosec, 2026-08-29
Published there as: “Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft”
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