This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.
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11:41 AM PDT · August 29, 2026
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Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and numerous other music publishers have sued Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann, alleging the AI lab conducted a “brazen campaign of illegally torrenting, scraping, and downloading copyrighted works.”
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging copyright infringement
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Sony Music, Warner Chappell, others sue Anthropic over copyright infringement - The Economic Times
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