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AIThe Guardian12:16 PM

Why it mattersAn artist estate (Elvis Presley's rightsholder) suing Anthropic over 274 songs, seeking about $41M and alleging ineffective guardrails, tests how copyright law will bound AI training on music catalogues, though it is a newly filed complaint with no ruling yet.

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Elvis Presley Rightsholders Sue Anthropic Over 274 Songs Used in AI Training

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What happened

Authentic Brands Group, the licensing company that owns Elvis Presley's music catalogue and likeness rights, has sued AI company Anthropic.

Why it matters

The case matters because it is described as one of the first major legal challenges brought directly by an artist's estate against an AI developer.

In detail

The suit alleges Anthropic used 274 Presley songs to train its AI model without permission.

Billboard first reported the lawsuit, which was filed on Friday.

The works named include "Can't Help Falling in Love," "All Shook Up," and "A Little Less Conversation." The plaintiffs are seeking $150,000 per infringed track, or about $41 million.

Music labels such as Sony, Universal and Warner Records, along with the Recording Industry Association of America, have already brought copyright claims against AI firms.

The outcome could set a wider precedent for how AI companies may use existing music catalogues.

Lead attorney Richard Busch wrote in the complaint that Anthropic built its business model on copyright infringement "at a scale never seen before."

The complaint also argues that Anthropic's guardrails, the safeguards meant to limit outputs that infringe music copyrights, were added only after the company was caught and were ineffective. The plaintiffs say Anthropic knew this and therefore willfully continues to infringe. AI music platforms generally analyze large volumes of recorded music to learn the sounds and structures of songs, then let users generate new music from text or speech prompts. Musicians have repeatedly raised concerns about unauthorized use of their work and voices, and about low-quality AI-generated "slop" displacing human-made songs. Last week, Spotify said it had removed about 50 million songs considered AI slop from user recommendations over the past year.

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Elvis Presley Rightsholders Sue Anthropic Over 274 Songs Used in AI Training

Audio brief

What happened

Authentic Brands Group, the licensing company that owns Elvis Presley's music catalogue and likeness rights, has sued AI company Anthropic.

Why it matters

The case matters because it is described as one of the first major legal challenges brought directly by an artist's estate against an AI developer.

In detail

The suit alleges Anthropic used 274 Presley songs to train its AI model without permission.

Billboard first reported the lawsuit, which was filed on Friday.

The works named include "Can't Help Falling in Love," "All Shook Up," and "A Little Less Conversation." The plaintiffs are seeking $150,000 per infringed track, or about $41 million.

Music labels such as Sony, Universal and Warner Records, along with the Recording Industry Association of America, have already brought copyright claims against AI firms.

The outcome could set a wider precedent for how AI companies may use existing music catalogues.

Lead attorney Richard Busch wrote in the complaint that Anthropic built its business model on copyright infringement "at a scale never seen before."

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