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Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft

TechCrunch • Sat, 29 Aug 2026

This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.

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This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.

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This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.

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Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for "tens of thousands" copyrighted works. The companies are asking for up to $150,000 per work, plus up to $25,000 for each instance when identifiable copyright data was stripped. In total, the […]

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