Sony Music and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over Copyright Infringement
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, along with other music rights holders, have initiated a lawsuit against AI firm Anthropic and its founders, Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann, in the Northern District of California. Filed on Friday, the suit accuses Anthropic of unlawfully seizing copyrighted material to develop its AI model, Claude, which reportedly incorporates a vast array of protected content, including lyrics and sheet music. This legal challenge follows a previous infringement case involving Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group, which led to a substantial $1.5 billion ruling against Anthropic. The company has yet to address the new allegations.
Key facts
- Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, along with other music publishers, sued Anthropic.
- The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
- Anthropic is accused of illegally torrenting, scraping, and downloading copyrighted works.
- The works were used to train Anthropic's AI model Claude.
- The lawsuit alleges 'blatant theft' and 'flagrant piracy'.
- This is not the first IP lawsuit against Anthropic; similar cases include Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group's January case and the Bartz v. Anthropic case.
- In the Bartz case, Anthropic was ordered to pay $1.5 billion.
- Anthropic had not responded to requests for comment at the time of reporting.
Entities
Artists
- Dario Amodei
- Benjamin Mann
- Bruno Mars
- Ariana Grande
- The Rolling Stones
Institutions
- Sony Music Publishing
- Warner Chappell
- Anthropic
- Concord Music Group
- Universal Music Group
- TechCrunch
- Music Business Worldwide
- Sony
- EMI
- Sony Music
- Warner Music
- Warner Chappell Music
- Concord
- Universal Music Publishing
- ABKCO Music & Records
- BMG
- Financial Times
Locations
- Northern District of California
- United States
- California