Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic
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 damages could amount to several billion dollars if a court finds in Sony and Warner's favor and awards the maximum amount. This is just the
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Sony Music and Warner Chappell filed a lawsuit against Anthropic in federal court, claiming the company illegally obtained tens of thousands of copyrighted musical works to train its AI models. The plaintiffs allege Anthropic used methods including torrenting pirated books, scraping lyrics from licensed sites, and downloading content without permission, and are seeking up to $150,000 per work in damages, potentially totaling several billion dollars. This lawsuit follows Anthropic's recent $1.5 billion settlement with the publishing industry and joins multiple other legal actions against the company from music labels and publishers. The case names Anthropic's co-founders as individual defendants and identifies specific songs found in the company's training data, including works by major artists.
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