Judge Lee orders Anthropic’s Benjamin Mann to answer Concord Music II complaint by Aug. 17

Judge Lee ordered Anthropic defendant Benjamin Mann to file his answer to the Concord Music II complaint by August 17, 2026, granting a two-week extension after the parties disputed the deadline. Mann is accused of downloading copies from online shadow libraries while at OpenAI and later at Anthropic.

After the parties disputed https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.463362/gov.uscourts.cand.463362.94.0.pdf whether Benjamin Mann, a named defendant in Concord Music v. Anthropic II , Judge Lee granted 2 additional weeks. Judge Lee ruled: “Having considered the parties’ arguments in the 94 Joint Status Report, the Court ORDERS Defendant Mann to file his answer to the Second Amended Complaint by 8/17/2026.” Mann is the person allegedly responsible for downloading copies from online shadow libraries both at OpenAI and later at Anthropic.