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High-Stakes Direct Infringement Claims Take Center Stage in Dialed-Back Concord v. Anthropic Copyright Cases

July 22, 2026

Major music publishers including BMG/Concord are doubling down on their copyright claims against Anthropic, which is now facing dialed-back secondary infringement allegations and high-stakes direct infringeme... Read More...

Anthropic Doubles Down on Fair Use Claims In Attempt to End Music Publishers’ Copyright Suit: ‘Training on Lyrics (and Other Copyrighted Text) Is Transformative’

Dylan Smith

April 22, 2026

Does training generative AI models on protected lyrics without permission constitute fair use? After years of debate – and a couple court rulings – the question is taking center stage in Anthropic’s new push ... Read More...

Major Publishers Make a Decisive Legal Strike Against Anthropic’s ‘Limitless AI Rip-Offs’

Ashley King

March 24, 2026

Major publishers push for summary judgment against AI giant Anthropic for its use of copyrighted song lyrics to train its Claude model. Universal Music Group (UMG), alongside fellow music publishers Concord ... Read More...

Time for a $3.1 Billion (and Change) Mega-Case? Court Considers Consolidating Concord v. Anthropic Infringement Lawsuits

Dylan Smith

February 3, 2026

Is it time to consolidate music publishers’ monster copyright lawsuits against Anthropic? Now seeking over $3 billion in damages across two distinct cases, Universal Music and Concord have raised the question... Read More...

UMG, Concord Seriously Supersize Their Anthropic Lawsuit—New $3.1 Billion Claim Alleges ‘Blatant Infringement,’ Torrenting and Piracy While Directly Targeting Cofounders

Ashley King

January 28, 2026

Potentially the biggest copyright case in US history, a coalition including UMG and Concord claims Anthropic engaged in mass-scale piracy to train its AI models. A coalition of music publishers led by Univer... Read More...

Google Moves to Dismiss Penske Media’s AI-Focused Antitrust Suit, Says the Billboard Publisher’s Claims Are ‘Legally Defective in Every Way’

Dylan Smith

November 10, 2025

Google has fired back against Penske Media’s antitrust lawsuit, maintaining, among other things, that the AI-focused claims therein “fail on every level.” The tech giant just recently moved to dismiss, with ... Read More...

Concord v. Anthropic Tug of War Continues — Court Rejects Latest Dismissal Push Amid Ugly Discovery Dispute

Dylan Smith

October 7, 2025

Let the years-running Concord v. Anthropic tug of war continue: A federal judge has denied the AI giant’s latest motion to toss the major music publishers' copyright suit. Meanwhile, the litigants “have lost ... Read More...

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Major Music Publishers Seek to Dramatically Expand Their Anthropic Lawsuit Based on Damning New Evidence

Ashley King

August 12, 2025

Publishers expand their lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, alleging it used BitTorrent to pirate copyrighted material and share it with others. Major music publishers, including Universal Music Group and ... Read More...

Major Music Publishers’ Anthropic Suit Receives Mediation Deadline Extension — Is a Serious Negotiation Underway?

Dylan Smith

June 18, 2025

Are music publishers and Anthropic inching towards a settlement in their ugly copyright confrontation? Time will tell, but they’ve reached an early agreement concerning an initial Alternative Dispute Resoluti... Read More...

Anthropic Counsel Apologizes for Citation ‘Hallucination’ in Music Publishers Lawsuit — Pinning Most of the Blame on Claude

Dylan Smith

May 16, 2025

Time to lay off the use of AI in legal documents? Amid a high-stakes copyright battle with music publishers, Anthropic attorneys have apologized for an apparent citation “hallucination,” pinning the blame mai... Read More...

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Major Music Publishers Accuse Anthropic AI of ‘Hallucinating’ Citations In Ongoing Copyright Dispute

Ashley King

May 13, 2025

The high-profile copyright lawsuit between major music publishers and Anthropic’s chatbot Claude just took a dramatic turn. Anthropic’s legal counsel is accused of submitting a court filing containing AI-gene... Read More...

Federal Judge Denies Music Publishers’ Injunction Request in Anthropic Copyright Suit, Citing ‘Significant Concerns Regarding Enforceability and Manageability’

Dylan Smith

March 26, 2025

A federal judge has denied music publishers’ push for a training-related preliminary injunction against AI giant Anthropic. Judge Eumi Lee rejected the injunction request in a 13-page order, following consi... Read More...

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High-Stakes Direct Infringement Claims Take Center Stage in Dialed-Back Concord v. Anthropic Copyright Cases

Anthropic Doubles Down on Fair Use Claims In Attempt to End Music Publishers’ Copyright Suit: ‘Training on Lyrics (and Other Copyrighted Text) Is Transformative’

Major Publishers Make a Decisive Legal Strike Against Anthropic’s ‘Limitless AI Rip-Offs’

Time for a $3.1 Billion (and Change) Mega-Case? Court Considers Consolidating Concord v. Anthropic Infringement Lawsuits

UMG, Concord Seriously Supersize Their Anthropic Lawsuit—New $3.1 Billion Claim Alleges ‘Blatant Infringement,’ Torrenting and Piracy While Directly Targeting Cofounders

Google Moves to Dismiss Penske Media’s AI-Focused Antitrust Suit, Says the Billboard Publisher’s Claims Are ‘Legally Defective in Every Way’

Concord v. Anthropic Tug of War Continues — Court Rejects Latest Dismissal Push Amid Ugly Discovery Dispute

Major Music Publishers’ Anthropic Suit Receives Mediation Deadline Extension — Is a Serious Negotiation Underway?

Anthropic Counsel Apologizes for Citation ‘Hallucination’ in Music Publishers Lawsuit — Pinning Most of the Blame on Claude

Major Music Publishers Accuse Anthropic AI of ‘Hallucinating’ Citations In Ongoing Copyright Dispute

Federal Judge Denies Music Publishers’ Injunction Request in Anthropic Copyright Suit, Citing ‘Significant Concerns Regarding Enforceability and Manageability’

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