Music Publishers Sue Anthropic for Copyright Infringement
Concord has filed two suits against the AI giant, alleging that it stole songwriters’ work to train its AI model, Claude.

TL;DR
- Music publishers are suing Anthropic, alleging their AI model Claude was trained on copyrighted lyrics.
- Concord alleges Anthropic used pirated copies of 20,517 music works to train Claude.
- Anthropic claims Fair Use doctrine allows the use of copyrighted work for training AI.
- A recent appeals court ruling in a similar case denied the fair use argument.
- Concord is seeking up to $150,000 per copyright violation and $25,000 for removed copyright notices.