Authentic Brands Sues Anthropic Over 274 Elvis Songs, Seeking $41 Million
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 25
Authentic Brands Sues Anthropic Over 274 Elvis Songs, Seeking $41 Million
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 25
Summary
Authentic Brands Group filed suit Friday accusing Anthropic of using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train Claude without permission and seeking about $41 million in damages.
The complaint says Anthropic can owe $150,000 per infringed track and alleges the company built its business on large-scale copyright infringement despite guardrails it knew were ineffective.
Songs cited include Can't Help Falling in Love, All Shook Up and A Little Less Conversation, making the case one of the first major AI copyright challenges brought directly by an artist's estate.
The lawsuit lands amid wider music-industry pressure on AI developers and could help set precedent for how companies may use existing song catalogs; Spotify last week said it had removed about 50 million AI-slop tracks from recommendations.