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Anthropic scores minor win as Judge Lee deems Concord Music v. Anthropic II (alleged use of shadow libraries) is related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. II gets reassigned to Judge Lee
Read more: Anthropic scores minor win as Judge Lee deems Concord Music v. Anthropic II (alleged use of shadow libraries) is related to Concord Music v. Anthropic I. II gets reassigned to Judge LeeAnthropic scored a minor victory today as Judge Lee agreed with Anthropic that Concord Music Group v. Anthropic II, recently filed and assigned to Judge Lin, is related to the originally filed case of Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I already before Judge Lee. That means Judge Lee will now get Concord Music Group v.…
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Concord Music, Anthropic debate whether court should relate 2d lawsuit filed in 2026 to 1st lawsuit filed in 2024 with Judge Lee presiding
Read more: Concord Music, Anthropic debate whether court should relate 2d lawsuit filed in 2026 to 1st lawsuit filed in 2024 with Judge Lee presidingConcord Music Group and Anthropic have raised whetherConcord Music Group v. Anthropic II should be a related case to Concord Music Group v. Anthropic I. If Judge Lee deems the case related, the Concord Music Group II case would be assigned to her. She already presides over the first case. The irony is that Judge…
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Shadow Library Strategy strikes again: Concord Music & music publishers file 2d music suit v. Anthropic seeking more than $3 billion. Copyright lawsuit No. 76 v. AI cos.
Read more: Shadow Library Strategy strikes again: Concord Music & music publishers file 2d music suit v. Anthropic seeking more than $3 billion. Copyright lawsuit No. 76 v. AI cos.As news of Anthropic’s latest $10 billion funding round broke, with the company valued at $350 billion, Concord Music and a slew of other music publishers were finalizing their copyright lawsuit against Anthropic. In a statement to Billboard, the plaintiffs say they are seeking more than $3 billion from Anthropic. The complaint copies the Shadow…
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Magistrate Judge van Keulen issues order re: expert reports in Concord Music v. Anthropic
Read more: Magistrate Judge van Keulen issues order re: expert reports in Concord Music v. AnthropicThe Concord Music v. Anthropic is marching along. Magistrate Judge van Keulen just issued the order governing expert reports. All eyes will be on this case as it most likely will present the next opportunity for a judge to rule on fair use in AI training. Judge Lee presides.
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Split decision: Magistrate Judge allows deposition of Anthropic CEO Amodei, but also allows Anthropic discovery into Concord Music’s investigation prompts
Read more: Split decision: Magistrate Judge allows deposition of Anthropic CEO Amodei, but also allows Anthropic discovery into Concord Music’s investigation promptsMagistrate Judge Susan van Keulen issued two major rulings on discovery in the Concord Music v. Anthropic case. On balance, this is a huge victory for Anthropic. (1) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei must sit for 2.5 hours of deposition, potentially via Zoom. (2) But Anthropic gets discovery related to the prompts used on Anthropic’s Claude,…
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Concord Music, Anthropic dispute again over deposing Dario Amodei, CEO
Read more: Concord Music, Anthropic dispute again over deposing Dario Amodei, CEOConcord Music and Anthropic are fighting again over whether Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei should sit for a deposition. DOWNLOAD THE DISCOVERY DISPUTE LETTER
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Magistrate Judge van Keulen orders Anthropic to produce RFP 89 of Concord Music re: dataset(s) with lyrics for 500 works of Concord
Read more: Magistrate Judge van Keulen orders Anthropic to produce RFP 89 of Concord Music re: dataset(s) with lyrics for 500 works of ConcordMagistrate Judge van Keulen largely ruled in favor of Concord Music on 2 of 3 discovery disputes. The third she deferred. The most significant was her ruling on Anthropic’s production of some documents sufficient to show the contents of Anthropic regarding something related to datasets containing the lyrics for the 500 works of Concord Music…
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Anthropic seeks clarification and order requiring Matthew Oppenheim to declare “no one at O+Z or at the Publishers who have had access to Protected Material [of Anthropic] under the Protective Order has used Protected Material to investigate future claims”
Read more: Anthropic seeks clarification and order requiring Matthew Oppenheim to declare “no one at O+Z or at the Publishers who have had access to Protected Material [of Anthropic] under the Protective Order has used Protected Material to investigate future claims”Anthropic is seeking clarification from Magistrate Judge van Keulen on the scope of the protective order. Specifically, “Anthropic seeks an order confirming that the Protective Order in this case, ECF 293, prohibits a receiving party’s use of Protected Material produced in this litigation for any purpose outside of the above captioned litigation, including to investigate,…
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Should Anthropic get discovery of Concord Music’s investigatory prompts and outputs it generated on Claude? Seems relevant to normal use of Claude and its guardrails
Read more: Should Anthropic get discovery of Concord Music’s investigatory prompts and outputs it generated on Claude? Seems relevant to normal use of Claude and its guardrailsAn important discovery dispute is brewing in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Anthropic is seeking discovery of the prompts Concord Music used to investigate for potentially infringing outputs, plus the outputs Concord derived. “Because Publishers’ contentions can only be properly tested and rebutted with a granular understanding of their undisclosed prompts and outputs, Anthropic, Judge Lee,…