Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC
Summary
Concord Music Group sues Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging the AI company used its songs to train AI models.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Coverage events: 18P · 17D · 21N (171 articles)
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
109 plaintiff-favorable · 30 defendant-favorable · 32 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 18 plaintiff · 17 defendant · 21 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 raises $65B in Series H funding, valuing the AI giant at $965BMusic Business Worldwide · 2026-06-01
- Anthropic Beats Vicarious Liability Claim in Music Publishers SuitDigital Music News · 2026-05-28
- Anthropic Seeks Court Victory in AI Copyright Dispute Over Song LyricsPYMNTS.com · 2026-04-22
- Anthropic Claims Fair Use in Push to End Music Publishers LawsuitDigital Music News · 2026-04-22
Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time
Counsel of record
- Electronic Frontier FoundationCorynne McSherry, Mitchell Leff Stoltz, Victoria Jane Noble
- Constantine Cannon LLPDan Noel, Seth Greenstein
- Pryor Cashman LLPBenjamin S. Akley, Nathaniel Hunter Kazlow
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPDisha R. Patel, Jared Vasconcellos Grubow
- Oppenheim & Zebrak, LLPAlexander Kaplan, Jeffrey M Gould
- Oppenheim & Zebrak LLPCorey Miller
- Oppenheim and Zebrak, LLPKeith T. Howell
- Schaerr Jaffe LLPDonald Falk
- Business Litigation Group PCJacqueline Charlesworth
- Independent counselPaul Nicholas Harold
- CooleyStephanie Lin
- Latham & Watkins LLPAndrew Michael Gass
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsRobert Allan Jacobs
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLPNathaniel L Bach
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- Docket no.
- 5:24-cv-03811
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Eumi K. Lee
- Filed
- 2024-06-26
- Last filing
- 2026-10-21
Cause
17:101 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Warner Chappell Music, Inc. (movant) Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC (movant) RH Carlin Holdings LLC (miscellaneous) GFP Co-Invest, LP (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) A.I. Progress, Inc. (amicus) Computer & Communications Industry Association (amicus) Electronic Frontier Foundation (amicus) Engine Advocacy (amicus) Copyright Law Professors (amicus) BMG Rights Management (US) LLC (witness) Authors Guild (amicus) International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (amicus) SoundExchange, Inc. (amicus) Kirk Wallace Johnson (miscellaneous) Charles Graeber (miscellaneous) Andrea Bartz (miscellaneous)
Docket entries
- 2026-10-21
1 - Terminate Hearings AND Motion Hearing
- 2026-09-03
Status Conference
- 2026-08-28
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2026-03-26
1 - Terminate Hearings AND Order on Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Partys Material Should Be Sealed AND Order on Administrative Motion to File Under Seal AND Status Conference
- 2026-03-20
Clerk's Notice Setting Zoom Hearing
- 2026-01-21
Order
- 2025-12-19
Opposition/Response to Motion
- 2025-12-19
Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Partys Material Should Be Sealed
- 2025-12-19
Certificate/Proof of Service
- 2025-10-16
Order on Administrative Motion per Civil Local Rule 7-11
- 2025-10-10
Show Cause Hearing
- 2025-10-09
Order on Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery
- 2025-09-22
Clerk's Notice AND ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings
- 2025-08-07
Discovery Hearing
- 2025-07-21
Clerk's Notice AND ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings
- 2025-07-18
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2025-05-13
Order
- 2025-03-18
Discovery Hearing
- 2025-03-14
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2025-02-03
Clerk's Notice AND Clerk's Notice Setting Zoom Hearing
- 2024-11-19
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
- 2024-10-24
Case Management Conference - Initial AND Order on Motion to File Amicus Curiae Brief AND Order on Motion to File Amicus Curiae Brief AND Status Conference AND ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings
- 2024-07-03
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