Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs
Summary
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell have sued AI startup Anthropic for using tens of thousands of copyrighted songs without permission to train its Claude chatbot. The lawsuit accuses Anthropic of downloading and copying lyrics from various sources, seeking billions of dollars in damages for copyright infringement.Key Facts
- Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell represent songwriters and composers and manage their copyrights.
- The lawsuit claims Anthropic used around 20,000 copyrighted songs, including famous titles like Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” and Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.”
- Anthropic allegedly downloaded lyrics and sheet music from pirate websites and legal lyric sites without paying licensing fees.
- The complaint says Anthropic stripped identifying information from the songs, preventing credit to copyright owners.
- The plaintiffs are seeking up to $150,000 per copyrighted work and $25,000 for each instance of removed attribution.
- Anthropic previously settled a $1.5 billion copyright case related to authors’ works.
- Other music companies like Universal Music Group have also made claims against Anthropic.
- Anthropic denies the allegations and plans to defend itself in court while preparing for a possible $2 trillion stock market listing.
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