{
  "id": 4701046,
  "title": "Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic, saying it pirated songs to train its AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/sony-warner-music-sue-anthropic-saying-it-pirated-songs-to-train-its",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-31T18:42:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al Jazeera",
    "slug": "al-jazeera",
    "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/31/sony-warner-music-sue-anthropic-saying-it-pirated-songs-to-train-its-ai?traffic_source=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Anthropic pirated hundreds of lyrics from The Beatles, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson and other artists, lawsuit says.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Standard IN",
        "title": "Sony Music, Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over copyright infringement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/sony-music-warner-chappell-sue-anthropic-over-copyright-infringement",
        "published": "2026-08-31T09:33:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "“Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/zlibrary-my-beloved-anthropic-staff-chats-extolling-piracy-cited-in",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:10:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}