35 Music Publishers Including Sony and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over Song Lyrics in Training Data

A coalition of 35 music publishers filed suit against Anthropic and CEO Dario Amodei in US federal court, alleging unauthorized use of hit song lyrics and pirated books to train Claude — the latest front in the escalating war over AI training data.

The music industry has formally joined the AI copyright wars. On August 28, a coalition of 35 companies — including Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music — filed suit against Anthropic and CEO Dario Amodei in US federal court, alleging the unauthorized use of hit rock and pop song lyrics to train its Claude models. The filing was reported by @Sankei_news and detailed by @aipicks_jp, naming both the company and its executives as defendants.

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