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AI Firm Sued for Alleged Copyright Infringement by Music Publishers

Updated 2026-08-31 17:10 UTC 1 source Negative

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging that the AI firm launched a brazen campaign to illegally train Claude on copyrighted songs. The case highlights concerns over intellectual property rights in the age of AI.

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Variety

Hollywood Assistant Horror Novel ‘This Town Will Eat You Alive’ Written Under Pseudonym by Industry Insider Set at Hanover Square Press (EXCLUSIVE)

A satirical Hollywood horror-romance novel is set to release next year from Hanover Square Press and debut author Clare Ogawa. The book, titled “This Town Will Eat you Alive,” follows an assistant who learns the movie exec she works for is turning into a tentacled monster that eats women alive. Whil

2026-08-31 17:00 UTC

Variety

Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Allege Anthropic Launched ‘Brazen Campaign’ to Illegally Train Claude on Copyrighted Songs in New Lawsuit

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have filed a federal lawsuit against Anthropic that claimed the AI giant’s alleged theft of the companies’ intellectual property marked “a brazen campaign of illegally torrenting, scraping, and downloading copyrighted works on a massive scale,” r

2026-08-31 17:06 UTC