Authentic Brands Group has sued Anthropic for allegedly training AI models on 274 Elvis Presley songs without permission. Authentic Brands Group is a licensing organization with ownership rights to Presley's music and likeness. The lawsuit was filed on Friday, and Billboard first reported the case. The songs named include Can't Help Falling in Love, All Shook Up and A Little Less Conversation. The plaintiffs seek $150,000 for each infringed track, totaling about $41 million (about £31 million).
Lead attorney Richard Busch alleged in the lawsuit that Anthropic built Anthropic's entire business around copyright infringement on an unprecedented scale. The lawsuit alleges that Claude has generated copyright-infringing material from virtually every song in every catalogue available online since the model's inception. The lawsuit further alleges that Anthropic introduced ineffective safeguards after the infringement was discovered. The lawsuit argues that Anthropic knew those safeguards failed to prevent infringing output and knowingly continues to infringe copyrights in musical works.
AI companies have previously faced copyright claims from the Recording Industry Association of America and music labels including Sony, Universal and Warner Records. The Presley case is among the first major lawsuits that an artist's estate has brought directly against an AI developer. The outcome could establish a wider precedent governing AI companies' use of existing music catalogues.
AI music platforms analyze substantial volumes of recordings to learn musical sounds, structures and expression. The platforms then let users generate music through text or spoken prompts. Musicians have repeatedly raised concerns about AI models using the musicians' music and voices without consent. Musicians also fear that AI-generated music could displace songs made by people. Some AI bots have begun impersonating living artists on music streaming platforms. Last week, Spotify announced that Spotify had excluded about 50 million songs considered low-quality AI-generated music from user recommendations over the past year.
Authentic Brands Sues Anthropic for Using 274 Elvis Presley Songs in AI Training
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Authentic Brands has filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging the AI firm used 274 Elvis Presley songs without permission for model training. The case, reported by Billboard, seeks $150,000 per track, totaling $41 million. The legal action aligns with CFT measures and comes amid growing regulatory scrutiny under MiCA. This is one of the first major lawsuits from an artist’s estate against an AI developer.
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