Concord Music v. Anthropic
Concord Music Group v. Anthropic — Music Publisher Lyrics Suit (M.D. Tenn.)
M.D. Tenn. · Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:23-cv-01092 (M.D. Tenn.); 5:24-cv-03811 (N.D. Cal.)
- Status
- Blocked / in litigation
- Took effect
- October 18, 2023
- Applies to
- Anthropic PBC
Concord, Universal Music Publishing, ABKCO, and other major music publishers sued Anthropic in Tennessee in October 2023, alleging Claude was trained on copyrighted song lyrics and reproduces them on demand. In March 2024 the court declined to grant a preliminary injunction; in 2025 the case was transferred to the Northern District of California where parallel actions are consolidated.
Who is protected: Music publishers holding copyrights in song lyrics ingested into Claude training corpus
Legal detail
Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:23-cv-01092 (M.D. Tenn., filed Oct. 18, 2023; Judge Aleta A. Trauger). March 2024: PI denied. Anthropic entered into a Jan. 2024 stipulated agreement to apply guardrails preventing lyric reproduction during pendency. Case transferred to N.D. Cal. (No. 5:24-cv-03811) in 2024 for coordination; PI motion re-litigated. Discovery ongoing 2026.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | M.D. Tenn. |
|---|---|
| Level | Federal |
| Citation | Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:23-cv-01092 (M.D. Tenn.); 5:24-cv-03811 (N.D. Cal.) |
| Topics | copyright and training data |
| Court record | Concord Music v. Anthropic — CourtListener 3:23-cv-01092 |
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