Bad Vibrations: Music publishers sue Anthropic AI for using copyrighted lyrics

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Bad Vibrations: Music publishers sue Anthropic AI for using copyrighted lyrics
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You Can't Always scrape What You Want, even if the lyrics are Blowin' in the (digital) Wind

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According to the suit, Claude doesn't only return lyrics when asked for the words to a known song, but will also spit back copyrighted lyrics when asked to create its own compositions. When prompted to"write a song about the death of Buddy Holly," Claude's response were the lyrics to"American Pie" by Don McLean - with a twist.

Anthropic never asked permission to scrape copyrighted lyrics from the web, the publishers claim, which the publishers argue doesn't just undermine their own copyright claims, but also affects licenses granted to websites that aggregate lyrics.

In July, novelists Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad, and in a separate lawsuit comedian Sarah Silverman and and novelists Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey,Similar claims were made by the music publishers in this case, who allege that Anthropic directly, contributorily, and vicariously infringed on their copyrights, along with removing/altering copyright management information.

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