Song lyrics as AI training material: a fair use dispute
Anthropic defends training on lyrics; music publishers see threats to their rights and the market for human songwriting.
According to DER STANDARD, Anthropic invokes US fair use in its dispute with music publishers. The company argues that AI training creates transformative content. Publishers counter that this produces competition for human songwriters. The report, dated 22 October 2026, states that no decision had yet been made. [1]
This example shows cultural works becoming both training material and the subject of conflicts over value creation and creative labour.
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