{"schema_version":"0.9.0","id":"LR-2026-0244","record_version":3,"title":"Elvis Presley rights holders sue Anthropic over 274 songs used in training and reproduced by Claude","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":53.0,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":6.0,"completeness":6.72,"unhedged_language":4.5},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-25","extraction_run_id":null},"system":{"model_name":"Claude","model_version":null,"developer":"Anthropic","harness":"Claude chatbot","tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":["safeguards intended to prevent the chatbot from generating existing song lyrics"],"deployment_context":"production","tier":"provider","lifecycle_stage":"training","integration_type":null,"intended_use":"AI chatbot","safeguard_state":"safeguards intended to prevent the chatbot from generating existing song lyrics were introduced, but Claude allegedly continued reproducing copyrighted material","production_intended":null,"system_provider":"Anthropic"},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-10-25","incident_class":"ip_infringement","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":false,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"The owners of Elvis Presley's music sued Anthropic, alleging it trained its models on 274 Presley songs without permission and that Claude can generate unauthorised versions of existing songs, including after safeguards were introduced.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":"guardrail","root_cause_detail":"The plaintiffs allege safeguards intended to stop Claude generating existing song lyrics were introduced but Claude continued reproducing copyrighted material.","failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":"provider","adversarial_actor":"none","input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"major","severity_because":"major, because a regulator involved: The plaintiffs seek statutory damages of up to $150,000 per song, about $41.1million in total, a stated claim amount in the 100k-10M+ range against a provider over IP.","harm_class":["ip"],"affected_description":"274 songs associated with Presley","protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null,"affected_party":"the owners of Elvis Presley's music"},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://www.nme.com/news/music/elvis-presley-rightsholders-sue-anthropic-copyright-infringement-274-songs-3974178","publisher":"news search (Google News index)","date":"2026-10-25","type":"press","title":"Elvis Presley rightsholders sue AI company Anthropic over alleged copyright infringement of 274 songs","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report"}],"per_field_confidence":{"system.model_name":"C","system.harness":"C","system.guardrails_present":"C","system.tier":"D","system.lifecycle_stage":"C","system.intended_use":"C","system.safeguard_state":"C","system.developer":"C","system.deployment_context":"D","system.autonomy_level":"D","event.root_cause":"D","event.responsible_party":"D","event.adversarial_actor":"D","event.agent_involved":"D","event.incident_class":"C","event.summary":"C","event.date_disclosed":"A","event.trigger":"D","event.detection_method":"D","impact.harm_class":"C","impact.affected_description":"C","impact.severity":"D","context.industry":"D","context.shared_model_id":"C","context.denominator_available":"D","context.country":"D","event.root_cause_detail":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","system.system_provider":"C","impact.affected_party":"C"},"field_citations":{"system.model_name":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"As reported by Billboard, the plaintiffs allege that Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, infringed the copyrights of 274 songs associated with Presley, including some of his best-known hits, such as ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, ‘A Little Less Conversation’, ‘Return To Sender’ and ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’."}],"system.developer":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"As reported by Billboard, the plaintiffs allege that Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, infringed the copyrights of 274 songs associated with Presley, including some of his best-known hits, such as ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, ‘A Little Less Conversation’, ‘Return To Sender’ and ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’."}],"system.harness":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"As reported by Billboard, the plaintiffs allege that Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, infringed the copyrights of 274 songs associated with Presley, including some of his best-known hits, such as ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, ‘A Little Less Conversation’, ‘Return To Sender’ and ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’."}],"system.guardrails_present":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The legal action also alleges that Claude has continued reproducing copyrighted material despite Anthropic introducing safeguards intended to prevent the chatbot from generating existing song lyrics."}],"system.deployment_context":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The legal action also alleges that Claude has continued reproducing copyrighted material despite Anthropic introducing safeguards intended to prevent the chatbot from generating existing song lyrics."}],"system.lifecycle_stage":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The lawsuit claims that Anthropic used copyrighted compositions and lyrics to train its AI models without obtaining permission or paying the relevant rights holders, and that the technology is capable of generating unauthorised versions of existing songs."}],"system.intended_use":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"As reported by Billboard, the plaintiffs allege that Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, infringed the copyrights of 274 songs associated with Presley, including some of his best-known hits, such as ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, ‘A Little Less Conversation’, ‘Return To Sender’ and ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’."}],"system.safeguard_state":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The legal action also alleges that Claude has continued reproducing copyrighted material despite Anthropic introducing safeguards intended to prevent the chatbot from generating existing song lyrics."}],"system.autonomy_level":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"As reported by Billboard, the plaintiffs allege that Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, infringed the copyrights of 274 songs associated with Presley, including some of his best-known hits, such as ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, ‘A Little Less Conversation’, ‘Return To Sender’ and ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’."}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The lawsuit claims that Anthropic used copyrighted compositions and lyrics to train its AI models without obtaining permission or paying the relevant rights holders, and that the technology is capable of generating unauthorised versions of existing songs."}],"event.root_cause":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The legal action also alleges that Claude has continued reproducing copyrighted material despite Anthropic introducing safeguards intended to prevent the chatbot from generating existing song lyrics."}],"event.root_cause_detail":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The legal action also alleges that Claude has continued reproducing copyrighted material despite Anthropic introducing safeguards intended to prevent the chatbot from generating existing song lyrics."}],"event.responsible_party":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The lawsuit claims that Anthropic used copyrighted compositions and lyrics to train its AI models without obtaining permission or paying the relevant rights holders, and that the technology is capable of generating unauthorised versions of existing songs."}],"event.adversarial_actor":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The lawsuit claims that Anthropic used copyrighted compositions and lyrics to train its AI models without obtaining permission or paying the relevant rights holders, and that the technology is capable of generating unauthorised versions of existing songs."}],"event.agent_involved":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"As reported by Billboard, the plaintiffs allege that Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, infringed the copyrights of 274 songs associated with Presley, including some of his best-known hits, such as ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, ‘A Little Less Conversation’, ‘Return To Sender’ and ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The owners of Elvis Presley‘s music have launched legal action against AI company Anthropic, accusing it of using 274 of his songs to train its models without permission."}],"impact.harm_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The lawsuit claims that Anthropic used copyrighted compositions and lyrics to train its AI models without obtaining permission or paying the relevant rights holders, and that the technology is capable of generating unauthorised versions of existing songs."}],"impact.affected_description":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"As reported by Billboard, the plaintiffs allege that Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, infringed the copyrights of 274 songs associated with Presley, including some of his best-known hits, such as ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, ‘A Little Less Conversation’, ‘Return To Sender’ and ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The plaintiffs are seeking statutory damages of up to $150,000 (£112,000) for each of the 274 songs, amounting to approximately $41.1million (£31million)."}],"context.industry":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The owners of Elvis Presley‘s music have launched legal action against AI company Anthropic, accusing it of using 274 of his songs to train its models without permission."}],"context.country":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Anthropic has not publicly responded to the lawsuit, but has previously maintained that training AI models on copyrighted material can be protected under US fair use law."}],"context.shared_model_id":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"As reported by Billboard, the plaintiffs allege that Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, infringed the copyrights of 274 songs associated with Presley, including some of his best-known hits, such as ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, ‘A Little Less Conversation’, ‘Return To Sender’ and ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The plaintiffs are seeking statutory damages of up to $150,000 (£112,000) for each of the 274 songs, amounting to approximately $41.1million (£31million)."}],"event.date_disclosed":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"published: 2026-10-25"}],"system.system_provider":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The owners of Elvis Presley‘s music have launched legal action against AI company Anthropic, accusing it of using 274 of his songs to train its models without permission."}],"impact.affected_party":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The owners of Elvis Presley‘s music have launched legal action against AI company Anthropic, accusing it of using 274 of his songs to train its models without permission."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"Only one source (a press aggregation of Billboard reporting) is available; all values rest on it. No source states who first noticed the reproduction, so detection_method is unknown and story.caught is null. No source states event.date_occurred (only the filing date, 2026-10-23, is given), so it is omitted. No source states a trigger, so event.trigger is omitted. No source states autonomy arrangement, tools granted, permissions scope, or model version. No source states a direct loss figure actually incurred; the $41.1M is a claimed statutory damages demand, not a materialised loss, so direct_loss_usd is null and severity is graded on the stated claim. failure_class is null because no autonomous agent mechanism is described. The severity tier is contested: the claim exceeds the 10M severe band, but no loss has materialised and the matter is an IP claim against a provider, so major is recorded with the reasoning in severity_because. root_cause=guardrail is classified from the plaintiffs' allegation that safeguards existed but did not hold; the training-data allegation is not coded as data because the source frames the failure as the safeguard not holding. system.tier: provider by rule (the developer is named as the operator). [aggregated by deepseek-chat, aggregate-2026-09-27.1, 2026-10-25] system.deployment_context: production. system.autonomy_level: no source states the arrangement. event.responsible_party: provider. event.adversarial_actor: none. event.agent_involved: classified from described behaviour. event.trigger: no source states a cause. event.detection_method: no source says who first noticed. context.industry: classified from described behaviour. context.denominator_available: no denominator is available for this incident. context.country: classified from described behaviour. [standard terms read by deepseek-chat / deepseek-reasoner, terms-2026-10-25.3 / terms-roles-2026-10-25.2 / terms-2026-10-25.3; values checked by Claude against their sentences, approved by Srini Iyer, 2026-10-25]"},"context":{"industry":"Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation","org_size_band":null,"country":"US","denominator_available":false,"denominator":null,"related_incident_ids":[],"systemic_exposure":null,"shared_model_id":"Claude","upstream_incident_id":null,"incident_evidence":null,"regulatory":null,"coverage":null},"narrative":{"steps":[{"step":"doing","text":"Anthropic's Claude chatbot was trained on copyrighted compositions and lyrics, including 274 Presley songs, and could generate unauthorised versions of existing songs when asked to recreate them for a modern audience.","quote":"The lawsuit claims that Anthropic used copyrighted compositions and lyrics to train its AI models without obtaining permission or paying the relevant rights holders, and that the technology is capable of generating unauthorised versions of existing songs.","source_index":0,"grade":"C"},{"step":"went_wrong","text":"It allegedly reproduced copyrighted lyrics and generated versions closely resembling existing songs, breaching the rights holders' copyrights and continuing despite safeguards meant to stop lyric reproduction.","quote":"The legal action also alleges that Claude has continued reproducing copyrighted material despite Anthropic introducing safeguards intended to prevent the chatbot from generating existing song lyrics.","source_index":0,"grade":"C"},{"step":"reached","text":"The action covers 274 Presley songs, including well-known hits, whose rights are held by an Authentic Brands Group subsidiary and other rights holders.","quote":"As reported by Billboard, the plaintiffs allege that Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, infringed the copyrights of 274 songs associated with Presley, including some of his best-known hits, such as ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Don’t Be Cruel’, ‘A Little Less Conversation’, ‘Return To Sender’ and ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’.","source_index":0,"grade":"C"},{"step":"done","text":"The plaintiffs seek statutory damages of up to $150,000 per song, about $41.1million. Anthropic has not publicly responded and has previously argued fair use. No containment or control change is stated.","quote":"The plaintiffs are seeking statutory damages of up to $150,000 (£112,000) for each of the 274 songs, amounting to approximately $41.1million (£31million).","source_index":0,"grade":"C"}],"model":"deepseek-chat","prompt_version":"aggregate-2026-09-27.1","extracted_at":"2026-10-25","source_urls":["https://www.nme.com/news/music/elvis-presley-rightsholders-sue-anthropic-copyright-infringement-274-songs-3974178"]}}