Anthropic sued for using copyrighted songs to train models
Universal Music Group (UMG) and several other music publishers sued AI company Anthropic for distributing copyrighted lyrics without permission with its AI model Claude 2, and for using the lyrics to train its language models. The music publishers’ complaint (pdf) claims that Claude 2 can be prompted to distribute almost identical lyrics to songs such as Katy Perry’s 'Roar,' Gloria Gaynor’s 'I Will Survive,' and the Rolling Stones’ 'You Can’t Always Get What You Want.' The complaint also says Claude 2’s results use phrases very similar to existing lyrics, even when not asked to recreate songs. 'Anthropic’s copyright infringement is not innovation; in layman’s terms, it’s theft,' a ccording to UMG . System 🤖 Claude 🔗 Operator: Developer: Anthropic Country: USA Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Generate text Technology: Generative AI ; Machine learning Issue: Accountability; Copyright; Transparency Legal, regulatory 👩🏼⚖️ MUSIC – Z SONGS; and ABKCO MUSIC, INC., v Anthropic PBC (pdf)
- Date it happened
- 2023-01-01
- Product, system or model
- Claude 2
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