Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over AI Training
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell have filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging that the company used tens of thousands of copyrighted songs to train its Claude AI models without permission. The complaint claims that Anthropic obtained these works through digital piracy archives like Library Genesis and Pirate Library Mirror, including lyrics for popular tracks such as Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You' and Taylor Swift’s 'Paper Rings.' The publishers argue that training the AI on their compositions enables it to reproduce near-identical copies of songs or generate AI-generated lyrics competing with human-created content. They are seeking a jury trial and up to $150,000 in statutory damages per infringed composition. Anthropic has denied the allegations and stated its intention to defend itself robustly. This lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal battle for Anthropic, which previously settled a similar case with authors over pirated training data by paying $1.5 billion. The current complaint appears broader than previous suits and builds on evidence from earlier litigation.
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