AI BriefingSony Files Lawsuit Against Anthropic, Citing Employee Chats Praising Zlibrary Piracy as Evidence
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Music publishers including Sony submitted employee chats praising pirated materials as evidence in their copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic.
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Major music publishers including Sony, EMI, and Warner Chappell have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic. Despite Anthropic having paid a settlement of $150 million, they argue that the penalty for illegally copying millions of books for AI training is too lenient and have taken further legal action.
Key Issues in the Lawsuit
The publishers stated that Anthropic illegally collected large amounts of content, including thousands of copyrighted musical works, through piracy sites such as Zlibrary. Notably, the lawsuit documents cite internal chat messages where Anthropic employees praised the usefulness of pirated materials, with one employee writing "Zlibrary my beloved" as evidence.
Legal Risks of AI Training Data
It is reported that Anthropic planned to permanently retain pirated books containing all Beatles songs, Taylor Swift hits, and the "VH1's 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Songs" for training its AI models. The publishers criticized that such large-scale infringement has led to astronomical increases in the corporate valuations of AI companies, and that existing settlements are insufficient to deter such behavior.
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