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- UPDATE: Sony and Warner sue Anthropic over alleged use of copyrighted songs to train Claude
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell sued Anthropic over alleged copyright infringement involving Claude’s training data.- Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music sued Anthropic, Dario Amodei, and Benjamin Mann in federal court.
- The publishers allege Anthropic torrented, scraped, and downloaded copyrighted works, including lyrics, to train Claude and reproduce them in responses.
- The complaint identifies tens of thousands of allegedly infringed compositions and seeks up to $150,000 per work plus other damages.
- The case adds major music-publishing litigation over AI training data and licensing practices.