Sony Music, Warner accuse Anthropic of ‘blatant theft’ in major new lawsuit
The case, brought by 35 music publishers, adds to the legal challenges facing Anthropic as the AI firm eyes a potential blockbuster IPO
Some of the world’s biggest music publishers have launched a fresh lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the artificial intelligence giant of conducting “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history”.
The case adds to the legal challenges facing Anthropic as the firm eyes a potential blockbuster initial public offering, as the AI industry confronts growing pushback over its use of human-made material to train its models.
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music and their affiliates – 35 publishers in total – filed complaints late on Friday with a court in California, accusing Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann of “illegally torrenting, scraping and downloading copyrighted works on a massive scale”.