Anthropic says music publishers’ copyright claims barred by unclean hands doctrine
( October 22, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Anthropic, developer of the Claude chatbot, has submitted its answers and affirmative defenses to copyright claims from music publishers including Universal Music and Concord Music Group. Among the 20 affirmative defenses are fair use and unclean hands. The publishers “have attacked Claude in an effort to cause it to reproduce their works and have publicized their successful attacks, demonstrating to others how to attempt to cause Clause to regurgitate Plaintiffs’ works,” the answer states.See file attached. ...
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