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title: "Anthropic hits back at music publishers in AI copyright lawsuit, accusing them of ‘volitional conduct’"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-hits-back-at-music-publishers-in-ai-copyright-lawsuit-accusing-them-of-volitional-conduc-akmcznnto
source_url: https://venturebeat.com/ai/anthropic-hits-back-at-music-publishers-in-ai-copyright-lawsuit-accusing-them-of-volitional-conduct/
type: article
source: "Venture Beat"
published: 2024-01-18T23:57:53.529Z
updated: 2024-01-18T23:57:51.678Z
tags: ["ai", "nlp", "automation", "bots", "genai", "conversational-ai", "anthropic", "data-labelling", "claude"]
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upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
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# Anthropic hits back at music publishers in AI copyright lawsuit, accusing them of ‘volitional conduct’

**[Venture Beat](https://daily.dev/sources/venturebeat)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Anthropic responds to accusations of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed by music publishers. They argue that their use of lyrics is transformative and constitutes fair use. They also claim that the plaintiffs themselves engaged in 'volitional conduct' that led to the production of infringing content. Anthropic denies irreparable harm and contests the jurisdiction of the lawsuit.

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