Anthropic and Music Publishers Clash Over AI Training and Copyright Fair Use

The case involves publishers including Universal Music Group, Concord and ABKCO, which accuse Anthropic of copying lyrics from songs associated with artists including Beyoncé, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys to train its Claude AI models. The music publishers argue that Anthropic copied copyrighted lyrics without obtaining licences and then used those works to build commercial AI systems. Their complaint says Anthropic benefited from protected material while avoiding licensing costs normally paid by services that use song lyrics. The publishers also argue that Claude can reproduce or generate material similar to copyrighted lyrics. Their case is not only about whether Anthropic copied material during training, but whether the resulting system can compete with markets where song lyrics are normally licensed.

Also reported by Reuters.

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