The owners of Elvis Presley’s music have sued AI company Anthropic, accusing them of training their models on Presley’s music without permission. first reported that Authentic Brands Group, the licensing group that controls the King’s music and likeness, filed its lawsuit Friday, alleges that Anthropic — the AI giant behind Claude — infringed on the rights of 274 of Presley’s songs. AI companies have previously faced lawsuits from record labels like Universal and Warner Bros. as well as the RIAA, but this marks one of the first major instances where an artist’s estate has brought legal action against an AI company. Anthropic lawsuit states that the AI company trained on 274 of Presley’s songs — from hits like “All Shook Up,” “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” and “Don’t Be Cruel” to lesser-known tracks.
The lawsuit is seeking $150,000 per infringed track, or roughly $41 million. That’s edging past ‘inspired by’ into reproducing the copyrighted song, even when the words are swapped out.’” As notes, Busch has previously lawyered on lawsuits like the Marvin Gaye estate’s groundbreaking action against Robin Thicke and Pharrell over “Blurred Lines.” Like that case, the lawsuit argues that Anthropic is using Presley’s songs to create “unlicensed derivative works” using their AI models.
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