As Judge Lee strongly recommended at the hearing on Concord Music’s motion for preliminary injunction, the parties have agreed to a stipulation that Anthropic will maintain its “already implemented Guardrails” to stop copyright infringement of the plaintiffs’ lyrics and will do so with respect to future Anthropic models.
The Stipulation reads: “”The Parties’ stipulation resolves Publishers’ pending Motion for Preliminary
Injunction in part, as it relates to Publishers’ request for a preliminary injunction requiring
Anthropic to “maintain its already-implemented guardrails,” ECF No. 179 at 9. Accordingly,
subject to the entry of this stipulation by the Court, Publishers’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction,
ECF No. 179, is denied in part as MOOT with respect to that specific request.”
The parties did not agree on a second part of the preliminary injunction motion, however: “This stipulation is without prejudice to the Parties’ rights, remedies, and defenses concerning the aspects of the Motion for Preliminary Injunction that are not resolved by this stipulation and any other aspects of the case not directly addressed in this stipulation. In particular, the Parties continue to dispute, and this stipulation does not resolve or affect, Publishers’ request in their Motion for Preliminary Injunction that Anthropic refrain from using unauthorized copies of Publishers’ lyrics to train future AI models. Further, nothing herein, nor any actions or statements made in connection with this stipulation, shall be construed or interpreted as an admission of liability, fault, or wrongdoing by any party.”
It will be interesting to see how Judge Lee rules on the surviving part of the motion.
