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Defendant's filing (argument)August 3, 2026Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC (Concord II) · N.D. Cal. 5:26-cv-00880

Dario Amodei asks the court to dismiss the music publishers' direct torrenting claim against him; Anthropic moves against the output and CMI claims only

Two partial motions to dismiss were filed against the publishers' second amended complaint. Amodei argues the direct infringement count, which is based on torrenting, fails as to him because the complaint "asserts zero facts of any unlawful copying by Dr. Amodei himself." His motion does not target the contributory infringement claim against him. Anthropic's motion asks the court to dismiss the part of the direct infringement claim that rests on Claude's outputs, saying the complaint gives no example of an output reproducing any of the 20,517 works, and the claim for removal of copyright management information. Anthropic's motion does not seek dismissal of the torrenting count. In their Aug. 31 oppositions, the publishers argue that a chief executive is directly liable when he authorizes or directs the copying, and allege that Amodei directed employees to torrent from LibGen and PiLiMi.

Amodei's partial motion to dismiss, Dkt. 104, Aug. 3, 2026 (CourtListener docket entry) ↗Anthropic's partial motion to dismiss, Dkt. 103 ↗Publishers' opposition to Amodei's motion, Dkt. 116, Aug. 31, 2026 ↗

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