Judge Lee tosses Amodei claim, tells Concord to get specific
Concord Music gets another shot to amend its complaint after Judge Lee found it short on detail about Claude's alleged infringing outputs.
Judge Lee found the complaint in Concord Music II lacking in specificity regarding Anthropic's Claude and its alleged generation of infringing outputs, according to ChatGPT Is Eating the World. The judge also dismissed the claim against Dario Amodei, with leave to amend.
Judge Lee gave Concord Music the opportunity to strengthen its allegations and file another amended complaint, the outlet reported. The parties subsequently filed a status report, as the judge had requested, proposing a schedule for Concord to amend its complaint.
A dismissal "with leave to amend" is not a win for Anthropic, no matter how it gets spun in a headline somewhere — it's a judge saying "try again, and this time show your work." Concord gets to refile. Dario Amodei personally is out of the case, at least for now, on the claim that named him. The two sides have already agreed on a schedule to fix the complaint, which tells you nobody expects this case to just evaporate.
From the Coral Wire edition of Sun, Nov 15 2026 · Coral Index 75/100 (Green light)
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