Elvis Rights Holders Sue Anthropic Over 274 Songs, Seeking $41.1 Million
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 26
Elvis Rights Holders Sue Anthropic Over 274 Songs, Seeking $41.1 Million
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 26
Summary
$41.1 million in statutory damages is at stake in a California federal lawsuit accusing Anthropic of copying 274 Elvis Presley songs to train its Claude AI models without permission.
The complaint says Claude still generated material resembling protected songs after Anthropic added safeguards, producing modernized versions that kept original structures and recognizable hooks.
Authentic Brands Group's subsidiary and other music owners brought the case, adding to a growing wave of copyright challenges over how AI companies use songs and lyrics in model training.
The suit lands as the AI race drives huge spending and geopolitical competition, with SpaceX raising $40 billion for GPUs and Washington and Beijing pushing rival global AI blocs.