ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. v. Coda Publising, Ltd.
Summary
ABKCO Music sues Coda Publishing and others for copyright infringement over musical compositions and recordings.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Prior 17P · 4D · 34N→Recent 30d 1P · 0D · 0N
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
18 plaintiff-favorable · 4 defendant-favorable · 34 neutral articles
- 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
- Rolling Stones Catalog Owner on Rock Doc Copyright Win: Fair Use Isn’t a ‘Cloak for Infringing Acts’Billboard · 2026-02-09
- 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
- Michael B. Kramer & AssociatesArtemis Croussouloudis, Artemis CROUSSOULOUDIS, Michael Barrie Kramer
- Braverman Greenspun, P.C.Peter Thomas Salzler
- 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
- 2026-08-25
Cause
17:101 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Vision Films, Inc. Gwilym Michael Davies Clare Anne Gambold Robert Kirk Carruhters Coda Publising, Ltd. Capitol Records, LLC Universal Music Corp. Songs of Universal, Inc. Polygram Publishing, Inc. Universal-Songs of Polygram International, Inc. UMG Recordings, Inc. ABKCO Music, Inc. ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
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)
Docket history from CourtListener/RECAP — most recent first.