Judge presses Anthropic and music publishers on fair use
Claude fielded nearly 120,000 requests for AI-generated lyrics in six months, publishers told the court
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No ruling yet, but watch this one anyway. Judge Lee didn't just hear arguments, she pushed back on both sides — including questioning whether Claude's lyric-writing actually hurts songwriters' market. That's the same fair use question already split two other California judges, Alsup for Anthropic, Chhabria against Meta, so there's no settled answer to point to here. The outcome could decide whether pending lawsuits from authors, news outlets, and visual artists over AI training even survive.
From the Coral Wire edition of Thu, Oct 22 2026 · Coral Index 52/100 (Mixed signals)