This week, there was some interesting movement in one of the many copyright claims relating to AI.
Anthropic, the maker of Claude (my personal favorite AI for coding!) reached an agreement to settle parts of an ongoing lawsuit, Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic, filed October 18, 2023. The case has a long list of music publishers as plaintiffs. The current docket is available in RECAP here.
The court approved a settlement, but it is limited in scope. The settlement resolves only one aspect of the injunctive remedies sought by the plaintiffs. Anthropic agreed to:
- Maintain certain “already implemented Guardrails” in its current products that are designed to prevent the model from reproducing lyrics
- Apply these Guardrails on its new releases
- A process allowing the plaintiffs to notify Anthropic that Guardrails are not effectively preventing the output
The plaintiffs’ demand for a preliminary injunction to bar Anthropic from training future models on their song lyrics is still pending.