Sony and Warner sue Anthropic over copyrighted song theft used for AI training
Sony and Warner have jointly sued Anthropic, accusing the AI company of training its Claude models on "tens of thousands" of their copyrighted songs without permission—which the suit calls "one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history.
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1 sourceSony and Warner Music sue Anthropic over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs, including ‘I Am the Walrus’ and ‘Hallelujah’
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4 articlesSony, Warner Music sue Anthropic, saying it pirated songs to train its AI
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Allege Anthropic Launched ‘Brazen Campaign’ to Illegally Train Claude on Copyrighted Songs in New Lawsuit
Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs
Sony and Warner Music Sue Anthropic, Alleging Theft of Intellectual Property
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2 developments- Aug 29Music publishers sue Anthropic, allege "blantant theft" of copyrighted music
- Aug 31Sony and Warner sue Anthropic over copyrighted song theft used for AI training
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