Is the press coverage of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. v. Coda Publising, Ltd. aligned with the court record?

Coverage leans toward the plaintiff. No classified ruling yet to compare against the court record.

ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. v. Coda Publising, Ltd.

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ABKCO Music sues Coda Publishing and others for copyright infringement over musical compositions and recordings.

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Coverage vs realityPress: plaintiff

Coverage events: 12P · 4D · 16N (57 articles)

Syndicated ×4

4 near-identical articles ran across 4 outlets within 17h — wire syndication or a PR push.

Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet. 4 near-identical articles ran across 4 outlets within 17h — wire syndication or a PR push.

Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter

19 plaintiff-favorable · 4 defendant-favorable · 34 neutral articles

The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 12 plaintiff · 4 defendant · 16 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.

Plaintiff-favorable

Music publishers accuse Anthropic of ‘blatant theft’ in major new lawsuitSouth China Morning Post · 2026-08-30
Music publishers accuse Anthropic of ‘blatant theft’ in major new lawsuitSouth China Morning Post · 2026-08-30
Music publishers file amended lyrics lawsuit against Anthropic – just as AI firm’s separate $1.5B piracy settlement with authors wins court approvalMusic Business Worldwide · 2026-07-23
UMG, Concord, and ABKCO file new motion asking judge to rule that Anthropic infringed their copyrights and reject AI ‘fair use’ argument: ‘The evidence in this case is overwhelming.’Music Business Worldwide · 2026-03-24

Defendant-favorable

X Corp. Says Music Publishers' Copyright Case Must Be AxedLaw360 · 2026-06-13
Record labels’ $2B+ copyright lawsuit against Verizon jointly dismissed in wake of Supreme Court’s Cox rulingMusic Business Worldwide · 2026-04-23
Piracy claims can’t be added to music publishers’ copyright case against Anthropic, says JudgeMusic Business Worldwide · 2025-10-13
Believe and TuneCore say they ‘strongly refute’ copyright infringement claims in UMG’s $500m lawsuit and ‘will fight them’Music Business Worldwide · 2024-11-05

Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time

Counsel of record

For the plaintiff

Michael B. Kramer & AssociatesArtemis Croussouloudis, Artemis CROUSSOULOUDIS, Michael Barrie Kramer
Braverman Greenspun, P.C.Peter Thomas Salzler

For the defendant

PRO SECoda Publising, Ltd., Robert Kirk Carruhters
Moses & Singer LLPToby Michael John Butterfield
Nixon Peabody LLPJason Charles Kravitz
Rahman Ravelli SolicitorsJoshua Lawrence Ray
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLPZaid Shukri
Dentons US LLPDaniel Adam Schnapp

Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Docket no.: 1:19-cv-11892
Nature of suit: Copyright
Judge: Katherine Polk Failla
Filed: 2019-12-30
Last filing: 2026-09-29

Cause

17:101 Copyright Infringement

Entities in this case

ABKCO Music & Records Coda Publising

Parties

Capitol Records, LLC (plaintiff) Universal Music Corp. (plaintiff) Songs of Universal, Inc. (plaintiff) Polygram Publishing, Inc. (plaintiff) Universal-Songs of Polygram International, Inc. (plaintiff) UMG Recordings, Inc. (plaintiff) ABKCO Music, Inc. (plaintiff) ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. (plaintiff) Vision Films, Inc. (defendant) Gwilym Michael Davies (defendant) Clare Anne Gambold (defendant) Robert Kirk Carruhters (defendant) Coda Publising, Ltd. (defendant)

Docket entries

2022-03-24
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2021-10-12
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2021-09-24
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2021-09-20
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2021-09-08
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2021-08-23
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2021-06-02
Set/Reset Deadlines: Expert Discovery due by 8/20/2021. (rro)
2021-04-14
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2021-03-08
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2021-01-28
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2021-01-26
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2020-10-23
Set/Reset Deadlines: ( Expert Discovery due by 2/3/2021., Fact Discovery due by 12/21/2020.), Set/Reset Hearings:( Pretrial Conference set for 1/6/2021 at 12:00 PM before Judge Katherine Polk Failla.) (rro)
2020-10-23
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2020-08-27
Set/Reset Deadlines: Fact Discovery due by 11/20/2020. (rro)
2020-08-27
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2020-02-04
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2020-01-02
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2020-01-02
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2020-01-02
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2020-01-02
Case Designated ECF. (pne)

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