{"id":7353,"date":"2025-08-13T20:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/ai-firm-likely-used-pirated-ariana-grande-more-sheet-music-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:02:11","slug":"ai-firm-likely-used-pirated-ariana-grande-more-sheet-music-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/ai-firm-likely-used-pirated-ariana-grande-more-sheet-music-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Firm Likely Used Pirated Ariana Grande, More Sheet Music: Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tT<\/span>he group of music publishers bringing a landmark copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic say they\u2019ve recently learned that the artificial intelligence giant illegally downloaded sheet music from online pirate libraries for its training models.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe publishers \u2014 including Universal Music Group (UMG), Concord and ABKCO \u2014 raised the issue in a Monday (Aug. 11) motion to amend their 2023 lawsuit against Anthropic. The case centers on claims that Anthropic trained its large language model Claude on copyrighted song lyrics, and that the chatbot now spits out copycat lyrics when prompted.<\/p>\n

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\n\tNow, UMG and the other publishers say they\u2019ve learned about another area of alleged wrongdoing by Anthropic: At least seven million books in Anthropic\u2019s training arsenal were illegally torrented from the pirate libraries Library Genesis (LibGen) and Pirate Library Mirror (PiLiMi).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe publishers believe their copyrighted lyrics are among these 7 million pirated books, since LibGen\u2019s library contains thousands of illegal copies of sheet music and songbooks. This includes the sheet music to Elton John\u2019s \u201cTiny Dancer\u201d and Ariana Grande\u2019s \u201c7 Rings,\u201d as well as music and lyric compendiums with names like The Legendary Songs of Don McLean<\/em>, The Beach Boys \u2013 Greatest Hits<\/em>, Adele \u2013 The Complete Collection <\/em>and Katy Perry Songbook<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEven a cursory review of the books that Anthropic torrented from LibGen and other pirate libraries reveals that many, many of these books contain publishers\u2019 works,\u201d reads the motion. \u201cYet, inexplicably, Anthropic never disclosed to publishers in this case that it had used BitTorrent to copy books containing their works from pirate sites in this manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe music publishers say they learned about Anthropic\u2019s torrenting not from the company, but from a recent ruling by Judge William Alsup in a different copyright lawsuit that accuses Anthropic of training Claude on authors\u2019 literary works.<\/p>\n

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\n\tNotably, Judge Alsup ruled in that case that while the so-called \u201cfair use\u201d defense allows Anthropic to use copyrighted material for training, downloading and storing pirated books is very much illegal. The judge held Anthropic liable for the piracy claims and teed up a trial to determine how much money the company owes authors in damages.<\/p>\n

\n\tUMG and the other music publishers seem to have taken this ruling to heart, as they\u2019re now seeking to bolster their own case against Anthropic with similar allegations of piracy.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTo be clear, publishers wish to move this case forward more quickly than it is currently proceeding, and are frustrated by Anthropic\u2019s slow pace of discovery and failure to disclose this critical evidence,\u201d says the motion. \u201cBecause of Anthropic\u2019s failure to disclose its massive torrenting activity, publishers must now start afresh on this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDiscovery in the publishers\u2019 case against Anthropic is currently scheduled to run through January 2026, with a trial theoretically on track to begin next summer.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement shared with Billboard<\/em> on Wednesday (Aug. 13), the music publishers say they\u2019re amending the lawsuit to \u201caddress this illegal mass torrenting of our works\u201d and \u201chold Anthropic to account for its additional violations of our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe extent of Anthropic\u2019s misconduct is astounding, and it goes directly to our infringement claims,\u201d add the publishers. \u201cWhat\u2019s just as astounding is the fact that Anthropic concealed these facts for over a year of discovery in our case, and this information came to light only through a decision by a federal judge in another case against Anthropic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tReps for Anthropic did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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