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Music Companies Sue Anthropic For $3 Billion Over Copyright
['Murray Stassen']
ArtsJournal
A coalition of music publishers has filed a second copyright infringement lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, and it’s a big one.
The companies, including Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO Music, are seeking more than $3 billion in potential statutory damages over alleged infringement of more than 20,000 songs.
“In total, we are suing for infringement of more than 20,000 songs, with potential statutory damages of more than $3 billion.
Songs cited in the new complaint include Wild Horses, Sweet Caroline, Bennie and the Jets, Eye of the Tiger, Viva La Vida, and Radioactive.
According to today’s complaint, Anthropic is now valued at approximately $350 billion – a 70-fold increase.