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Anthropic Slapped With Lawsuit Over Alleged Theft of Over 10,000 Songs for AI Training
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- Facts Matter
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- Sep 16, 2026
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- 850
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Summary
Anthropic recently settled a $1.5-billion civil suit over the illegal downloading of millions of books used to train its large language model. It was the single largest copyright infringement settlement in U.S. history. This past weekend, over 30 music companies filed a class-action lawsuit alleging Anthropic illegally downloaded song lyrics from the same torrent sites and intentionally removed copyright information. How this case shakes out could very well dictate whether the live music industry is still a thing a generation from now. Let's go through the details together. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.