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AllegationOctober 23, 2026ABG EPE IP LLC et al. v. Anthropic PBC · N.D. Cal. No. 5:26-cv-12473 (filed Oct. 23, 2026)

Elvis song owners' complaint against Anthropic is now public: it alleges Claude copied 274 compositions, plus DMCA circumvention and CMI-removal claims

The complaint behind earlier press reports is now available. ABG EPE IP LLC (the Authentic Brands Group entity for Elvis Presley's rights), the Luigi Creatore and Aberbach family trusts, Jason Simeon Aberbach, Abilene Music and Raleigh Music Publishing sued Anthropic on Oct. 23, 2026 in the Northern District of California over 274 musical compositions recorded by Presley. They allege Anthropic scraped lyrics from the web into a permanent central library used to train Claude, and also torrented pirated books from Library Genesis that contain the lyrics, citing the Bartz v. Anthropic rulings and Anthropic's own filings in that case; and that Claude still outputs near-copies of the songs despite guardrails. Count I alleges direct copyright infringement and seeks up to $41.1 million in statutory damages; Count II alleges circumvention under 17 U.S.C. section 1201 of logins, paywalls, CAPTCHAs and similar measures on licensed lyrics and streaming sites; Count III alleges removal of copyright management information under section 1202. They also seek an injunction and costs. These are the plaintiffs' allegations; Anthropic has not yet answered.

Complaint, ABG EPE IP LLC v. Anthropic PBC, No. 5:26-cv-12473, Dkt. 1 (DocumentCloud, 28 pp.) ↗ABG EPE IP LLC v. Anthropic PBC docket on CourtListener ↗

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