Concord Music Group, Inc. et al v. Anthropic PBC

  1. May 16, 2025

    Anthropic's AI-Hallucinated Errors Taint Filing, Publishers Say

    Music publishers suing Anthropic for copyright infringement accused the artificial intelligence company on Friday of downplaying the seriousness of errors in a filing caused by Anthropic's own Claude AI tool, saying the company's counsel violated a judge's standing order and arguing that the filing at issue should be tossed.

  2. May 15, 2025

    Anthropic's Atty Says Client's Own AI Created Error In Filing

    A Latham & Watkins LLP associate representing Anthropic in the artificial intelligence company's copyright fight with music publishers said Thursday that she used Anthropic's own Claude.ai tool to help draft an expert's declaration that included an erroneous citation, but she argued the error was "an honest citation mistake and not a fabrication of authority."

  3. May 13, 2025

    Did AI Co. Anthropic's Expert Cite AI-Hallucinated Study?

    Music publishers claiming artificial intelligence company Anthropic infringed their works to train its AI models told a California federal magistrate judge Tuesday that an Anthropic expert witness cited a "fictitious" AI-generated study in a recently filed declaration, urging the judge to sanction the company's Latham & Watkins attorneys for not catching the issue.

  4. May 12, 2025

    Anthropic Says Music Cos.' Copyright Claims Still Fail

    Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic PBC is urging a California federal judge to dismiss amended copyright claims from a group of music publishers, saying the plaintiffs still have not demonstrated the company knew people were using its large language model to produce song lyrics.

  5. March 26, 2025

    Copyright Claims Against Anthropic Over Lyrics Axed For Now

    A California federal judge on Wednesday dealt a blow to several music publishers that have accused artificial intelligence company Anthropic of ripping off lyrics in developing its large language model Claude, dismissing some copyright claims less than a day after denying a request to prohibit Anthropic from using their content for training.

  6. March 18, 2025

    Music Publishers, Anthropic Fight Over Song Lyric Discovery

    Music publishers urged a California federal magistrate judge Tuesday to order artificial intelligence company Anthropic to produce certain song lyric data from both before and after Anthropic implemented "guardrails" to prevent Anthropic's AI tool "Claude" from outputting copyrighted lyrics, while Anthropic slammed the discovery request as overly broad.

  7. January 03, 2025

    Anthropic Will Guard Against Lyric Infringement During Suit

    Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to a partial injunction while fighting music publishers' copyright infringement claims in California federal court, promising to maintain guardrails that prevent its chatbot Claude from reproducing protected lyrics.

  8. December 19, 2024

    Music Publishers Will Likely See AI Copyright Case Cut Back

    A California federal judge said Thursday she was inclined to toss a portion of a copyright suit from music publishers claiming their song lyrics were ripped off to train artificial intelligence company Anthropic's chatbot, saying some allegations were "so general" while adding that she'd give leave to amend.

  9. September 06, 2024

    Music Publishers Argue Their AI Copyright Case Is Different

    Music publishing companies suing an artificial intelligence company over using song lyrics say that their copyright lawsuit is different from some other copyright suits against AI developers.

  10. August 23, 2024

    Anthropic Says Music Cos. Haven't Met Burden For Injunction

    Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has blasted a preliminary injunction request from several music publishers suing for alleged infringement of copyrighted lyrics to train Anthropic's chatbot Claude, telling a California federal court the publishers have not shown they would suffer irreparable harm before trial.

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