Anthropic CEO wins copyright reprieve as US judge doubts music publishers' claims
By Amy Miller ( November 5, 2026, 00:53 GMT | Insight) -- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei won a preliminary victory Tuesday when a federal judge dismissed music publishers' direct copyright infringement claim against him. But US District Judge Eumi K. Lee gave them another chance to amend their allegations. Lee also expressed skepticism about the publishers' claims that Anthropic's large language model Claude generated infringing lyrics from more than 20,000 copyrighted compositions, questioning whether they had provided enough evidence to proceed. Lee deferred ruling on those claims as well as allegations that Anthropic unlawfully removed copyright management information, giving both sides until next Wednesday to propose how the case should proceed.Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has won his bid to dismiss music publishers' direct copyright infringement claim against him, for now, a US judge in Silicon Valley said Tuesday....
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