Sony and Warner publishers sued Anthropic, accusing it of illegally acquiring copyrighted works.
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, and other organizations have sued Anthropic and its two co-founders, accusing them of acquiring thousands of copyrighted works through torrent downloads and scraping to train Claude; Anthropic denies the allegations.
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, and other organizations have sued Anthropic and its co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann, accusing the defendants of illegally obtaining copyrighted works for training Claude.The complaint was filed on August 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
The plaintiff alleges that the actions involved torrenting, scraping, and downloading thousands of copyrighted works. Anthropic disputes these allegations and has stated it will actively defend itself; the case remains in litigation.
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