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Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic

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.

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Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed a lawsuit against Anthropic in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that the AI developer used “tens of thousands” of copyrighted works without permission. The complaint seeks damages of up to $150,000 for each infringed work and an additional $25,000 for each instance where identifiable copyright information was removed. The filing marks a legal challenge aimed at holding Anthropic accountable for alleged copyright violations in its AI systems.

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