Anthropic disputes the Elvis song-rights plaintiffs' claims
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Anthropic tells Pitchfork that it disagrees with the claims and intends to defend the case.
“We disagree with the claims and intend to defend this case fully.”
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Elvis song-rights owners accuse Anthropic of infringement; Anthropic disputes the claims
ABG EPE IP LLC and other rights owners sued Anthropic over alleged copying involving 274 musical compositions and Claude outputs. Anthropic disputes the claims and says it will defend the case. The complaint raises allegations about retained copies, training and outputs.
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Pitchfork obtained Anthropic's direct response disputing the claims.
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Pitchfork asks Anthropic about the newly filed lawsuit.
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The response supplies no detailed argument about the particular compositions or uses.
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The reference is alleged infringement involving the plaintiffs' compositions. Anthropic rejects the legal claims without specifying which copying, training or output allegations it denies.
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“Action: Filed a complaint against Anthropic alleging copyright infringement involving 274 compositions and Claude outputs.”Read statement
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