Anthropic asks US court to rule song-lyric training as fair use

Anthropic urged Judge Eumi Lee in San Jose to find its use of song lyrics to train Claude fair use. Publishers UMG, Concord and ABKCO cite nearly 120,000 requests for 'synthetic lyrics' in six months. India has proposed mandatory licensing for AI training.

• Anthropic argues training is transformative and does not reduce demand for lyrics
• Publishers say Claude received about 120,000 synthetic-lyric requests in six months
• Judge Lee heard arguments but did not issue a ruling
• India's DPIIT proposed a 'one nation, one licence, one payment' framework