Released by copyright owners of 274 compositions edited by Elvis Presley A lawsuit against the company Anthropic Allegedly using his lyrics to train assistant Claude without his consent and without payment. This case was filed in 2013 Federal Court for the Northern District of California on October 23, 2026.
Among the plaintiffs ABG EPE IP (which belongs to the Authentic Brand Group). Compositions include “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “All Shaking” and “A Little Less Conversation.” Everything is focused on the song content of the composition and the results provided by the wizard.
What rights holders claim
It has been revealed that Claude has used protected content since its first release. Plaintiffs contend that the filtering measures that Anthropic has implemented are inadequate to prevent such reactions. Moreover, they assured that the company itself knew about these problems.
On the other hand, the lawsuit (signed by attorney Richard S. Bush) accuses Anthropic of building its business on unprecedented copyright infringement. As they explain, even with safeguards in place, they continue to happen.
For each work infringed, the owners are seeking up to $150,000. In total, there are 41.1 million dollars (about 36.7 million euros at the reference exchange rate of the European Central Bank) for 274 compositions. This is a request for compensation and not a sentence.
Music Industry Demands and Spotify’s Arrangement
This joins the rest of the claims that the music industry is running against the use of its work by AI companies. Universal, Sony and Warner have been part of some such lawsuits. But musicians have also condemned the abuse of their work and voice. And they also fear that they might be replaced by AI. In fact, songs with artists’ voices have already appeared on streaming platforms through this technology.
In Spotify’s case, they’ve disabled more than 50 million tracks that they deem to be low-quality or spam from their recommendations in 2026, as they’ve announced. They relate these measures to the boom in AI-generated content. We are talking about recommendations and not removing songs from the catalog.
Picture | Elvis Presley Official with version
