Elvis 音乐版权方起诉 Anthropic 索赔约 4100 万美元
猫王音乐版权方把 Anthropic 告了，274 首歌乘每首 15 万美元上限，Claude 自己的话还被当成了证据，案子关键在防护栏挡不挡得住歌词复制。
Authentic Brands Group 联合多家出版商在联邦法院起诉 Anthropic，指控 Claude 的训练涉及 274 首歌曲，按每首 15 万美元的法定赔偿上限计算，索赔约 4100 万美元。诉讼同时针对训练和输出环节，称 Claude 在此前出版商诉讼后加了防护措施的情况下，仍复现歌单内容。证据中引用了 Claude 自己承认改写歌曲时沿用了原作结构和 hook。2025 年联邦法官曾裁定用合法购买的书籍训练 Claude 属合理使用，Anthropic 可能援引该先例，但输出中近似复制歌词的问题不在该裁定范围内。
Elvis Presley’s music owners sued Anthropic for about $41M, alleging Claude was trained on 274 songs.
Authentic Brands Group filed the federal case, ABE EPE LLC v. Anthropic, alongside several publishers that co-own the catalog.
Its demand multiplies those 274 works by $150K, the maximum statutory damages US copyright law allows per work for willful infringement.
It targets both training and outputs, alleging Claude reproduced material from nearly every song catalog online, even after Anthropic added guardrails following earlier publisher suits.
As evidence, it quotes Claude admitting that its rewrites of specific songs “for a modern audience” reused the originals’ structure and hooks with light rewording.
Anthropic had not responded when the suit was first reported, and no court has tested any of these claims.
In 2025, a federal judge ruled that training Claude on lawfully purchased books was fair use, a precedent Anthropic will likely cite against the training claims.
Near-copies of lyrics in Claude’s answers sit outside that ruling, so the case may hinge on how reliably Anthropic’s guardrails block them.
