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The Sony and Warner music publishers finally get round to suing Anthropic

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Anthropic • 3 min read

The Sony and Warner music publishers finally get round to suing Anthropic

The Sony and Warner music publishing companies are the latest publishers to sue AI firm Anthropic for copyright infringement. They also name Anthropic founders Ben Mann and Dario Amodei as defendants, arguing they were personally involved in the illegal downloading of pirated sheet music and lyrics…

Chris Cooke • 01 Sep 2026

Round Hill joins the AI lawsuit party, targets Suno and Anthropic

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Round Hill Music • 3 min read

Round Hill joins the AI lawsuit party, targets Suno and Anthropic

More lawsuits have been filed against generative AI companies, this time its Round Hill suing Suno and Anthropic. Aware both defendants will claim that AI training is ‘fair use’ - meaning they can use existing music without permission - Round Hill insists “there is nothing fair about that use”…

Chris Cooke • 19 Aug 2026

Anthropic’s supporters tell court “novel” fair use arguments put forward by music publishers are “unconstitutional”

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Anthropic’s supporters tell court “novel” fair use arguments put forward by music publishers are “unconstitutional”

The music industry has evolved its copyright arguments as to why AI training is not fair use under US law. But are those new arguments valid? Supporters of AI company Anthropic, which has been sued by a group of music publishers, say the revised arguments are novel, flawed and unconstitutional…

Chris Cooke • 30 Apr 2026

Fallout from Cox mega-damages reversal continues as publishers streamline Anthropic claims and labels ditch copycat Verizon case

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Fallout from Cox mega-damages reversal continues as publishers streamline Anthropic claims and labels ditch copycat Verizon case

Last month’s big ruling in the majors v Cox case continues to have an impact. The majors had also sued another ISP, Verizon, but have ditched that case after the US Supreme Court sided with Cox. Music publishers suing Anthropic have also dropped some of their claims, likely because of the Cox ruling…

Chris Cooke • 23 Apr 2026

Universal Music has shot itself in the foot over AI fair use, says Anthropic

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Universal Music has shot itself in the foot over AI fair use, says Anthropic

Anthropic wants a judge to throw out the copyright lawsuit filed against it by three music publishers, including Universal, because AI training is fair use. The publishers argue that AI-generated lyrics are diluting the market for songs, but Universal recently told its investors that’s not happening…

Chris Cooke • 22 Apr 2026

Music industry trade bodies join forces with music publishers to defeat Anthropic’s “AI is fair use” defence

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Music industry trade bodies join forces with music publishers to defeat Anthropic’s “AI is fair use” defence

The music publishers suing Anthropic recently asked the judge to reject the AI company’s fair use defence. Now eight music industry organisations have filed an amicus brief also arguing that AI training can never be fair use, because the development of AI music models causes market dilution…

Chris Cooke • 02 Apr 2026

Claude’s AI lyrics cause market dilution, say music publishers calling for courts to reject fair use defence

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Claude’s AI lyrics cause market dilution, say music publishers calling for courts to reject fair use defence

Music publishers suing Anthropic for copyright infringement want a summary judgement in their favour, urging the judge to reject the AI company’s ‘fair use’ defence. They argue Anthropic’s Claude AI spitting out new lyrics is causing market dilution, which is grounds for rejecting a fair use claim…

Chris Cooke • 25 Mar 2026

Music publishers file new Anthropic lawsuit, adding in piracy claims and $3 billion mega-damages

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Music publishers file new Anthropic lawsuit, adding in piracy claims and $3 billion mega-damages

Last year a US court declined to allow music publishers that are suing AI company Anthropic to add extra piracy claims to their lawsuit. Knowing those claims strengthen their case, given recent legal precedent, the publishers have now filed a brand new lawsuit, that also seeks $3 billion in damages…

Chris Cooke • 29 Jan 2026

Anthropic’s own guardrails revive full copyright lawsuit from litigious music publishers

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Anthropic’s own guardrails revive full copyright lawsuit from litigious music publishers

Earlier this year a judge dismissed all but one of the copyright claims in a lawsuit filed by three music publishers against AI company Anthropic. However, the publishers revised and resubmitted those claims, and this time the judge reckons all the allegations are sufficiently “plausible” to proceed…

Chris Cooke • 07 Oct 2025

Anthropic will pay authors $1.5 billion to settle AI copyright case

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Anthropic will pay authors $1.5 billion to settle AI copyright case

Last month a US judge threw out a royalties lawsuit filed by SoundExchange against satellite broadcaster Sirius XM, concluding that the collecting society doesn’t actually have the right to sue its licensees. SoundExchange says that ruling was “erroneous” and is now taking the matter to appeal…

Chris Cooke • 08 Sep 2025

Anthropic settles legal dispute with authors - in a deal that could be influential in other AI copyright disputes

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Anthropic settles legal dispute with authors - in a deal that could be influential in other AI copyright disputes

A settlement between Anthropic and a group of US authors could prove influential in the big debate over copyright and AI. A judge ruled that Anthropic’s use of books in its AI training was fair use unless it had pirated those books. Which it had. Which is why the AI company is now keen to settle…

Chris Cooke • 27 Aug 2025

Music publishers want to amend Anthropic lawsuit because of pirated lyrics

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Music publishers want to amend Anthropic lawsuit because of pirated lyrics

Music publishers locked in a legal battle with AI company Anthropic want to amend their lawsuit, because of a recent ruling in another copyright case involving Anthropic. Following that ruling, it’s important the publishers stress that the AI business used pirated lyrics when training its model…

Chris Cooke • 13 Aug 2025