Anthropic's Lyric 'Mash Up' May Be Fair Use, Judge Says
Concord says Claude can reproduce lyrics verbatim and that free AI output is reducing demand for licensed lyric sites, cutting into publisher revenue.
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Music publishers have sued the company because the training of the chatbot violates its copyrights. The decision in the case is pending – it is regarded as pioneering.
Anthropic's Lyric 'Mash Up' May Be Fair Use, Judge Says
A California federal judge Wednesday appeared open to Anthropic's defense that using copyrighted song lyrics to train Claude AI is fair use, saying during a daylong hearing that "mash-up" lyrics produced by AI might constitute fair use while also questioning how to "slice and dice" the case's scope.
Federal Judge Eumi Lee of San Jose, California, United States, will hear on Wednesday (21) the arguments concerning a fundamental defense of Anthropic in a copyright lawsuit by music publishers, including the Universal Music Group, about the use of lyrics to train her chatbot Claude. The process of publishers and others revolve around the question of whether AI systems make fair use of copyright-protected material when using it to create new con…
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suedtirolnews.itThe AI company Anthropic wants to avert a lawsuit from music publishers for the use of millions of lyrics to train their chatbot Claude. On Wednesday, the company appealed to a court in California for the so-called "fair use" doctrine of US copyright law. Under certain circumstances, it allows the use of copyrighted material without the permission of the rightholders.
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