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Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a "brazen campaign" of intellectual property theft
This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.
TL;DR
- Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, and other music publishers are suing Anthropic.
- The lawsuit alleges Anthropic engaged in illegal torrenting, scraping, and downloading of copyrighted works.
- Publishers claim Anthropic used thousands of copyrighted works, including lyrics and sheet music, to train its AI model Claude.
- The suit accuses Anthropic of "blatant theft" and "flagrant piracy."
- This is not Anthropic's first intellectual property lawsuit; similar cases have been filed by authors and other music groups.