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Getty Images A collection of stakeholders and music companies that control the rights to Elvis Presley’s music sued Anthropic for copyright infringement, telling a federal court the AI company prioritized a potential multitrillion-dollar stock opening over respecting the copyright of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
In a 28-page lawsuit filed Friday in the Northern District of California, the plaintiffs — including Authentic Brands Group, Raleigh Music Publishing and others — claimed the company’s AI model Claude was improperly trained on 274 of Presley’s songs, including iconic tracks such as “Can’t Help Falling in Love with You,” “Run On” and “Farther Along.” The group is demanding a total of $48.6 million in damages for the use of the songs and for Anthropic to cease infringing the rights holders’ copyright.
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