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ReportedOctober 23, 2026Elvis Presley rights holders (Authentic Brands Group subsidiary and co-owners) v. Anthropic PBC · U.S. District Court (court and docket number not yet confirmed; complaint not yet on CourtListener)

Elvis Presley's rights holders sue Anthropic over 274 songs, alleging Claude was trained on the compositions and lyrics and still reproduces them

According to NBC News, NME and Billboard, a subsidiary of Authentic Brands Group, which controls Presley's intellectual property, sued Anthropic on Oct. 23, 2026 together with other companies, trusts and individuals that own rights in Presley's music. The reports say the complaint alleges Anthropic copied 274 compositions and their lyrics, including "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "All Shook Up," without a license throughout the development of its Claude models; points to scraping of web content and pirated books used to build Claude; and alleges Claude still produces close reworkings of the songs despite guardrails added after earlier suits. The plaintiffs reportedly seek statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work (about $41.1 million), an injunction and destruction of copies. They are represented by Richard Busch, who also filed the Round Hill and Reservoir suits against Anthropic and Suno. Anthropic told NBC News it disagrees with the claims and will defend the case. We have not yet seen the complaint; this item is based on press reports.

NBC News report (Oct. 2026) ↗NME report, citing Billboard (Oct. 25, 2026) ↗The Needle Drop report ↗

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