{"id":231375,"date":"2025-05-13T19:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=231375"},"modified":"2025-05-13T19:38:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:38:41","slug":"music-publishers-file-amended-lawsuit-against-ai-firm-anthropic-which-they-say-bolsters-the-case-over-companys-unauthorized-use-of-song-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/music-publishers-file-amended-lawsuit-against-ai-firm-anthropic-which-they-say-bolsters-the-case-over-companys-unauthorized-use-of-song-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Music publishers file amended lawsuit against AI firm Anthropic, which they say ‘bolsters the case’ over company’s ‘unauthorized use of song lyrics’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Music publishers, including Universal Music Group, Concord, and ABKCO, recently filed an amended copyright infringement complaint against the $61 billion-valued<\/a> AI startup Anthropic.<\/span><\/p>\n

And, once again, Anthropic \u2013\u00a0 which has the backing of Amazon<\/a><\/strong> and Google<\/a><\/strong>, among others, to the tune of billions \u2013 has filed a motion to dismiss much of the case.<\/p>\n

But this time, the publishers say they come armed with a stronger case, and they argue Anthropic hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor its part, Anthropic\u2019s motion to dismiss simply rehashes some of the arguments from its earlier motion \u2013 while giving up on others altogether,\u201d a spokesperson for the plaintiff publishing companies said in an email to MBW<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The publishers’ amended complaint arrived a few weeks after they were dealt <\/span>a setback <\/a><\/b>in their initial proceedings against\u00a0A<\/span>nthropic.<\/p>\n

The publishers said at the time, however, that they remained “very confident’ of winning the case and would “vigorously pursue” monetary damages.<\/p>\n

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Most recently, following the amended lawsuit (filed April 25) and Anthropic’s latest motion to dismiss (filed on May 9), the publishers issued the following statement to MBW:<\/p>\n

\u201cOur amended complaint bolsters the case against Anthropic for its unauthorized use of song lyrics in both the training and the output of its Claude AI models.<\/p>\n

“For its part, Anthropic\u2019s motion to dismiss simply rehashes some of the arguments from its earlier motion \u2013 while giving up on others altogether.<\/p>\n

“Anthropic now concedes that real-world users have prompted Claude for lyrics and received output copying our lyrics \u2014 including one of Anthropic\u2019s own founders, as we highlight in the amended complaint.<\/p>\n

“Anthropic has never once challenged our direct infringement claims, and we expect its recycled challenges to our other claims will also fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

The publishers allege Anthropic committed mass copyright infringement by training Claude on copyrighted lyrics, and then by allowing Claude to regurgitate those lyrics when prompted.<\/p>\n

The new complaint asserts the same four charges the publishers leveled against Anthropic the first time around:<\/p>\n