Judge dismisses lyric claims against Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, with leave to amend
Judge Eumi Lee granted Amodei's motion to dismiss with leave to amend and told both sides to report by 11 November on Anthropic's own motion.
Why it matters
Music publishers including Concord, Universal Music and ABKCO accuse Anthropic and its chief executive of copying lyrics from more than 20,000 songs to train and run Claude. At Wednesday's hearing in San Jose the court granted Amodei's partial motion to dismiss with leave to amend. On Anthropic's own partial motion, it ordered the parties to agree whether to brief further or amend the complaint, and to file a joint status report by 11 November. Watch that report for the next step.
Key facts
- Hearing on November 4, 2026 in San Jose before U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee
- Court granted Dario Amodei's partial motion to dismiss with leave to amend
- Parties must file a joint status report on Anthropic's motion by November 11
- Publishers allege lyrics from more than 20,000 songs were copied
- Case is Concord Music Group v. Anthropic (N.D. Cal.)
How the story developed
- 4 Nov, 23:00 UTC Developing Judge asks for more briefing on music publishers' claim that Anthropic torrented 20,517 works
- 5 Nov, 00:00 UTC Developing Judge dismisses lyric claims against Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, with leave to amend