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Anthropic sued over alleged theft of‘tens of thousands’ of songs

AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models

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Dan Milmo Global technology editor31 Aug 2026, 12:42 pmUpdated 1d ago1 min readBusinessGlobal

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Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs

AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models

All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the startup behind the Claude chatbot.

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, music publishers who manage the copyright of songs on behalf of songwriters and composers, are seeking damages for alleged misuse of “tens of thousands” of copyrighted works by Anthropic.

All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the startup behind the Claude chatbot.

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Source: The Guardian · Dan Milmo Global technology editor. Published 31 Aug 2026, 12:42 pm.

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