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Concord Music Group, Inc. et al. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 5:24-cv-03811 (N.D. Cal.) (Concord I)

Verified Checked against its sources on 4 sources quoted

Where
California, United States
Court or authority
US – N.D. Cal. (San Jose Division); filed in M.D. Tenn. and transferred
Status
Cross-motions for summary judgment and Daubert motions pending before Judge Eumi K. Lee (October 2026)
Filed
Filed October 18, 2023, in the Middle District of Tennessee; transferred to N.D. Cal. (docketed June 26, 2024)
Case type
Copyright
Plaintiffs or complainants
Concord Music Group, Inc., Capitol CMG, Inc., Universal Music publishing entities, ABKCO Music, Inc. and other music publishers
Defendants
Anthropic PBC
Legal issues
Copyright infringement, training AI models with copyrighted material, reproduction of copyrighted song lyrics, fair use defense

Summary

Music publishers led by Concord, Universal Music and ABKCO sued Anthropic in October 2023, alleging that it copied lyrics to about 500 songs to train its Claude models and that Claude reproduces those lyrics, and asserting direct and secondary copyright infringement and removal of copyright management information. The case was transferred from Tennessee to the Northern District of California in 2024. In 2025 the court denied a preliminary injunction over training uses (Anthropic had stipulated to keep output guardrails) and dismissed the secondary-infringement and CMI claims with leave to amend. As of October 2026 the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment and expert-exclusion motions are pending. The claims are allegations.

Key dates

  1. October 18, 2023Filed
  2. October 16, 2026Checked against sources
  3. October 21, 2026Checked against sources

Developments are added when the record is reviewed. Next review: January 15, 2027.

Evidence

Each passage is quoted from its source. The quoted passages are re-checked against the live pages every month.

  1. District court grants motion to dismiss music publishers' claims of contributory and vicarious copyright infringement with leave to amend, and denies publishers' motion for preliminary injunction

    Supports: 2025 rulings

    Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC Loeb & Loeb Reporting or analysis

  2. ORDER FOR ELECTRONIC CHAMBERS COPIES OF FILINGS AND INDEX OF FILINGS. Signed by Judge Eumi K. Lee on 10/9/2026.

    Supports: Case active in October 2026

    Concord Music Group, Inc. et al v. Anthropic PBC (case page) U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal. Primary source

  3. Case 5:24-cv-03811-EKL Document 1 Filed 10/18/23

    Supports: Original filing date and court

    Complaint, Dkt. 1 (originally filed in M.D. Tenn.), No. 5:24-cv-03811 U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal. (via RECAP) Primary source

  4. Anthropic's Motion for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Publishers'

    Supports: Summary judgment and Daubert motions pending (filed 10/14/26)

    Parties' Joint Indices re ECF No. 908, Dkt. 910, No. 5:24-cv-03811-EKL-SVK U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal. (via RECAP) Primary source

Suggested citation. Eminence Scan, “Concord Music Group, Inc. et al. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 5:24-cv-03811 (N.D. Cal.) (Concord I)”, Eminence Growth Solutions, last verified October 16, 2026, https://eminencegrowthsolutions.com/tools/eminence-scan/record/case-013/.

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