Elvis Presley music rights owners sue Anthropic for $41 million

The owners of the music rights of Elvis Presley made a $41 million lawsuit against Anthropic on October 23, Billboard tells. They tell that Anthropic used 274 songs of Elvis without permission to train its AI models. Authentic Brands Group, which has the likeness rights of Elvis, made the lawsuit with other rights owners. At this time, Anthropic gives no answer.

What the suit tells

Lawyer Richard Bush tells that Anthropic made all its business from copyright infringement on a very large scale. The lawsuit tells that Claude made content that breaks the copyright of almost all songs in online music catalogs, Rolling Stone tells.

The evidence given

The lawsuit tells that Claude made new versions of songs when a user told it to write them for a contemporary audience. Claude told that the results were almost the same as the first songs. The lawsuit tells that the versions keep the same choruses with small changes, and contain full verses. It tells that this was after other lawsuits and the copy controls of Anthropic.

What is not known

At this time, Anthropic gives no answer and no court gave a decision. Last week, the International Confederation of Music Publishers made claims of the same type about songs of Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave.

Insight: Anthropic faces courts on copyright while it shapes safety law

Anthropic wants a US bill in which the government can stop a model release only at a risk of $1 billion in damage. The 3 causes are bioweapons, cyberattacks and loss of control, not copyright. This reads as 2 tracks: Anthropic helps write safety rules, while music owners go to court, which the bill does not include. The next move to monitor: more suits by rights owners.