Anthropic · California · Dario Amodei · The Verge
The companies call it “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history
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Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for “tens of thousands” copyrighted works.
Key facts
- The companies are asking for up to $150,000 per work, plus up to $25,000 for each instance when identifiable copyright data was stripped — This is the latest high-profile suit against Anthropic, which recently settled a suit brought by the publishing industry for $1.5 billion
- Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for “tens of thousands” copyrighted works
- In addition to suing Anthropic as an entity, the complaint names Co-Founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann as individual defendants
Summary
This is the latest high-profile suit against Anthropic, which recently settled a suit brought by the publishing industry for $1.5 billion. In addition to suing Anthropic as an entity, the complaint names Co-Founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann as individual defendants. Plaintiff Music Publishers, a group of the world’s leading music publishers, bring this action to hold accountable the culprits behind one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history.