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Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC

Concord Music Group and other music publishers sued Anthropic PBC alleging it infringed copyrights in musical lyrics by training its Claude AI model on the works and outputting them in responses. The case asserts direct and secondary copyright infringement claims plus removal of copyright management information under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; originally filed in Tennessee in 2023 and transferred to NDCA (5:2024cv03811), it features multiple dismissals with leave to amend on secondary and CMI claims, a denied preliminary injunction motion, and a partial stipulation preserving Anthropic's guardrails. The ongoing litigation tests AI training on lyrics and output safeguards amid related music publisher suits against AI firms.[1][3][5]

🏛️ NDCA· Case No. 5:24-cv-03811· Filed Jun 26, 2024

Summary

Concord Music Group and other music publishers sued Anthropic PBC alleging it infringed copyrights in musical lyrics by training its Claude AI model on the works and outputting them in responses. The case asserts direct and secondary copyright infringement claims plus removal of copyright management information under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; originally filed in Tennessee in 2023 and transferred to NDCA (5:2024cv03811), it features multiple dismissals with leave to amend on secondary and CMI claims, a denied preliminary injunction motion, and a partial stipulation preserving Anthropic's guardrails. The ongoing litigation tests AI training on lyrics and output safeguards amid related music publisher suits against AI firms.[1][3][5]

Case details

Court
NDCA
Docket number
5:24-cv-03811
Filed
Jun 26, 2024
Status
Active

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