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Sony and Warner sue Anthropic over Claude training data

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Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music sued Anthropic and two co-founders in California on Aug. 28, 2026, alleging copyrighted song lyrics were used to train Claude without permission.

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Timeline · 4 reports

  1. 2026-08-30 13:44 · South China Morning Post Tech
    Sony Music, Warner accuse Anthropic of ‘blatant theft’ in major new lawsuit
  2. 2026-08-30 09:33 · The Next Web
    Sony Music and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over song lyrics in Claude’s training data
  3. 2026-08-30 08:50 · The Decoder
    Sony and Warner sue Anthropic over "one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history"
  4. 2026-08-29 16:26 · Unite.AI
    Sony and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over Claude Lyric Training

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