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Anthropic Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Song Lyrics Without Permission to Train Claude

September 27, 2023

Music publishers alleged that Anthropic copied copyrighted song lyrics without permission to train Claude and that Claude reproduced protected lyrics in its outputs. Anthropic denied infringement and has argued that its training use is fair use. Publishers alleged that the conduct deprived rightsholders and songwriters of licensing control and revenue and undermined markets for licensed lyrics. The use of copyrighted materials in AI training raises concerns about harm prevention, guardrails for AI, and responsible AI practices. Through contributors—JOIN US—to learn more about these issues and how to promote trustworthy AI, we invite you to engage with our community.

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Alleged deployer
anthropic, ai-service-providers
Alleged developer
large-language-model-developers, chatbot-developers, anthropic
Alleged harmed parties
universal-music-group, songwriters, round-hill-music, publishers, musicians, music-publishers, intellectual-property-rights-holders, copyright-holders, concord-music-group, bmg-rights-management, abkco-music

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