Checked fact 299427 Oct 2026Laws and rulings
The complaint alleges that Anthropic circumvented access controls on licensed streaming and lyrics platforms, including login requirements, paid-subscription paywalls and CAPTCHA challenges, to obtain copies for its training corpora (paragraphs 91 and 92).
The exact words it rests on
92. Anthropic violated 17 U.S.C. section 1201(a)(1) by circumventing ... thereby obtaining unauthorized copies for inclusion in its training corpora and internal repository. (91: user-authentication requirements; paid-subscription paywalls; CAPTCHA and bot-detection challenges)
What the source said when we opened it, on 27 Oct 2026.
The source
Complaint, ABG EPE IP LLC et al. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 5:26-cv-12473 (N.D. Cal., filed 23 Oct 2026), ECF 1
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In the story
Anthropic sued over Claude output of 274 songs, some recorded by Elvis Presley 27 Oct 2026
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