On 29 August 2026, Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, and other publishers sued Anthropic in U.S. District Court, alleging the AI company used tens of thousands of copyrighted songs to train its Claude model without authorization.
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Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for "tens of thousands" copyrighted works. The companies are asking for up to $150,000 per work, plus up to $25,000 for each instance when identifiable copyright data was stripped. In total, the […]
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music and other music publishers sued Anthropic in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging the AI company used copyrighted musical works without permission to train Claude models [techcrunch.com#1][theverge.com#1][engadget.com#1][aa.com.tr#1]. The complaint names Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann and accuse
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music and other music publishers filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accusing Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann of illegally obtaining copyrighted works through torrents, scraping and downloads to train Claude models [techcrunch.com#1][gizmodo.com#1][theverge.com#1][businessinsider.com#1].
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music sued Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei and co-founder Benjamin Mann in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging the company illegally used copyrighted lyrics, sheet music and other works to train its Claude AI models [businessinsider.com#1][theverge.com#1][techcrunch.com#1][engadget.com#1][yna.co.kr#1]. The publishers accus