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 46P · 9D · 14N→Recent 30d 35P · 1D · 1N
Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.
Coverage breakdown — the headlines behind the meter
81 plaintiff-favorable · 10 defendant-favorable · 15 neutral
- Sony and Warner Music sue Anthropic over alleged theft of 'tens of thousands' of songsfortune.com · 2026-09-01
- Sony Music Publishing & Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over alleged copyright infringementsocialsamosa.com · 2026-09-01
- Sony And Warner Sue Anthropic Over Alleged Music PiracyChannelnews.com.au · 2026-09-01
- Sony and Warner Music finally generate an Anthropic lawsuitA.V. Club · 2026-08-31
- 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
- 2026-08-28
Cause
17:101 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Universal Music Publishing International Ltd. ABKCO Legs Music, Inc. ABKCO Music, Inc. Universal Music Publishing AB Universal/MCA Music Ltd. Universal/Island Music Ltd. Universal/Dick James Music Limited Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd. Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd. Universal Music Publishing BL Ltd. Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Universal Musica, Inc. Universal Music Z Tunes LLC Polygram Publishing, Inc. Universal Music MGB NA LLC Songs of Universal, Inc. Universal Music Corp. Benjamin Mann Dario Amodei
Docket entries
- #972026-07-06
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- 2026-05-15
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- 2026-04-27
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- 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
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- 2026-04-23
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- 2026-03-24
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- 2026-03-12
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- 2026-02-19
CASE REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen for Discovery. (jnk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/19/2026)
- 2026-02-19
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- 2026-02-19
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- 2026-02-17
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- 2026-02-10
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- 2026-02-09
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- 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)
- 2026-01-30
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- 2026-01-28
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- 2026-01-28
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Docket history from CourtListener/RECAP — most recent first.