"A cohort of music publishers led by Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group are suing Anthropic, saying the company illegally downloaded more than 20,000 copyrighted songs, including sheet music, song lyrics, and musical compositions. The publishers said in a statement on Wednesday that the damages could amount to more than $3 billion, which would be one of the largest non-class action copyright cases filed in U.S. history."
"In that case, Judge William Alsup ruled that it is legal for Anthropic to train its models on copyrighted content. However, he pointed out that it was not legal for Anthropic to acquire that content via piracy. The Bartz v. Anthropic case became a slap on the wrist worth $1.5 billion for Anthropic, with impacted writers receiving about $3,000 per work for roughly 500,000 copyrighted works. While $1.5 billion seems like a substantial sum, it's not exactly back-breaking for a company valued at $183 billion."
"Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works. But through the discovery process in the Bartz case, the publishers say they found that Anthropic had also illegally downloaded thousands more. The publishers tried to amend their original lawsuit to address the piracy issue, but the court denied that motion back in October, ruling they'd failed to investigate the piracy claims earlier."
Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group lead a cohort of publishers suing Anthropic for allegedly illegally downloading more than 20,000 copyrighted songs, including sheet music, lyrics, and musical compositions. The publishers seek damages that could exceed $3 billion, potentially one of the largest non-class-action copyright cases in U.S. history. The suit uses the same legal team from Bartz v. Anthropic, where Judge William Alsup allowed model training on copyrighted work but ruled that acquiring content via piracy is illegal. Publishers say discovery revealed thousands more allegedly pirated files and filed a separate lawsuit after a court denied their amendment motion.
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