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Why did Universal Music Group file a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic?

Universal Music Group filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against artificial intelligence startup Anthropic on Wednesday citing widespread scraping of its client’s song lyrics being used to train its ChatGPT rival chatbot Claude.

Does anthropic violate the music industry's rules?

But Anthropic violates these principles on a systematic and widespread basis,” the music groups said in Wednesday’s lawsuit. Universal earlier this year asked Spotify and other streaming services to cut off access to its music catalogue for developers using it to train AI technology.

Is UMG suing AI developers?

This marks the first major lawsuit by the music industry against an AI developer and UMG is seeking $75 million in damages. Other publishers joining UMG in the lawsuit included Concord Music Group, ABKO, Worship Together Music and CMG, among others.

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