Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC
Summary
Concord Music Group sues Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training on musical works without permission.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Prior 11P · 5D · 10N (119 articles)→Recent 30d 0P · 0D · 1N (1 article)
Latest ruling: neutral (2026-04-27)
Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
93 plaintiff-favorable · 10 defendant-favorable · 17 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 11 plaintiff · 5 defendant · 11 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.
- Anthropic Lawsuit: Settlement Update (September 2026)lawfold.com · 2026-09-14
- Sony And Warner Accuse Claude AI Of Ripping Off Hit Songs, Anthropic Now Faces A Billion-Dollar Copyright BattleBaller Alert · 2026-09-03
- Sony, Warner sue Anthropic over alleged use of copyrighted songs to train ClaudeThe American Bazaar · 2026-09-01
- Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Join Anthropic Copyright Fight With New Lyrics LawsuitMusic Times · 2026-09-01
- Anthropic says music publishers still can't show copyright infringement in US caseMLex · 2026-08-04
- Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding, valuing the AI giant at $965BMusic Business Worldwide · 2026-06-01
- Tech Industry Backs Anthropic In Copyright Battle With Music Publishers 05/01/2026MediaPost · 2026-05-01
- Tech Industry Backs Anthropic In Copyright Battle With Music Publishers 05/01/2026MediaPost · 2026-05-01
Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time
Counsel of record
- Oppenheim & Zebrak LLPCorey Miller, Matthew J. Oppenheim, Michelle A. Gomez-Reichman
- Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLPBina G. Patel, Thomas Andrews Harvey
- Independent counselRichard Mandel
- Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PCRichard Dannay
- Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.Jonathan Z. King
- Oppenheim & Zebrak, LLPNicholas Cooper Hailey
- Oppenheim and Zebrak LLPTimothy Seungmin Chung
- Oppenheim and Zebrak, LLPJennifer Pariser
- Oppenheim Zebrak, LLPBret Matera
- Conrad Metlitzky Kane LLPGrace Yu-Ting Yang, Miranda Kane
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPSonal N. Mehta
- Conrad Metlitzky KaneHayk Esaghoulyan
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPLouis W. Tompros, Robin C. Burrell
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLPAri Holtzblatt
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsRobert Allan Jacobs
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- Docket no.
- 5:26-cv-00880
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Eumi K. Lee
- Filed
- 2026-01-28
- Last filing
- 2026-10-16
Cause
17:101 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Universal Music Publishing International Ltd. (plaintiff) ABKCO Legs Music, Inc. (plaintiff) ABKCO Music, Inc. (plaintiff) Universal Music Publishing AB (plaintiff) Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (plaintiff) Universal/Island Music Ltd. (plaintiff) Universal/Dick James Music Limited (plaintiff) Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd. (plaintiff) Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd. (plaintiff) Universal Music Publishing BL Ltd. (plaintiff) Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (plaintiff) Warner Chappell Music, Inc. (interested party) Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC (interested party) GFP Co-Invest, LP (miscellaneous) RH Carlin Holdings LLC (miscellaneous) Round Hill Music Royalty Fund III, LP (miscellaneous) Round Hill Music Royalty Fund III Plus, LP (miscellaneous) Round Hill Music Royalty Fund II, LP (miscellaneous) Round Hill Music LP (miscellaneous) BMG Rights Management (US) LLC (witness)
Docket entries
- 2026-09-29
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2026-09-03
Status Conference
- 2026-08-28
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2026-07-20
Clerk's Notice Setting Zoom Hearing
- #972026-07-06
No description on file
- 2026-05-15
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2026-04-27
Order AND ~Util - Terminate Motions
- 2026-04-24
Set Deadlines/Hearings: Motion to Dismiss or Answer due by 8/3/2026. Responses due by 8/31/2026. Replies due by 9/14/2026. (lrt, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/24/2026)
- 2026-04-24
Set Deadlines/Hearings
- 2026-04-23
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2026-03-24
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2026-03-12
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2026-02-19
Case Assigned/Reassigned
- 2026-02-19
Case Referred to Magistrate Judge for Discovery
- 2026-02-19
CASE REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen for Discovery. (jnk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/19/2026)
- 2026-02-17
Order on Stipulation
- 2026-02-12
Case Assigned/Reassigned
- 2026-02-12
Clerk's Notice of Impending Reassignment - Text Only
- 2026-02-10
Clerk's Notice re: Consent or Declination
- 2026-02-09
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2026-01-30
Electronic Filing Error
- 2026-01-30
Electronic filing error re: 2 Proposed Summons filed by Capitol CMG, Inc., Concord Music Group, Inc. The court discourages the use of multiple summonses. Please list all defendants on ONE single summons and re-file. If needed, parties can be listed on an attachment page(es) (slh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/30/2026)
- 2026-01-28
~Util - Case Assigned by Intake
- 2026-01-28
Notice of Additional Parties
Docket history from CourtListener/RECAP — most recent first.