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Sony Music and Warner sue Anthropic for IP theft

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Sony Music and Warner Chappell sued Anthropic in US District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging the company illegally used tens of thousands of copyrighted works to train its AI models. The lawsuit seeks up to $150,000 per work plus $25,000 per instance of stripped copyright metadata, potentially totaling several billion dollars in damages.

  • Filed August 29, 2026 in Northern District of California federal court
  • Alleges illegal use of 'tens of thousands' copyrighted musical works
  • Seeks maximum $150,000 per work plus $25,000 per copyright metadata removal
  • Total potential damages could reach several billion dollars if maximum awarded
  • Follows Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with publishing industry
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