Sony, Warner sue Anthropic alleging "brazen campaign" of copyright infringement
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-08-30
Major music labels including Sony Music and Warner Music have sued Anthropic, accusing the AI company of a "brazen campaign" of intellectual property theft. The broad lawsuit centers on allegations that Anthropic illegally used copyrighted song lyrics to train its AI models (such as Claude), constituting systematic piracy.
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