# Sony Music Publishing sues Anthropic > Source: > Published: 2026-08-29 01:01:54+00:00 Sony Music Publishing just sued Anthropic for copyright infringement in the Northern District of California. **Count I—Direct Copyright Infringement by Torrenting (Against All Defendants)****Count II—Contributory Infringement by Torrenting (Against Dario Amodei****and Benjamin Mann)****Count III—Direct Copyright Infringement (Against Anthropic)****Count IV—Removal or Alteration of Copyright Management Information(Against Anthropic)** This complaint looks quite similar to * Concord Music v. Anthropic II*, filed by the same law firm. The Concord cluster of cases are before Judge Lee: *Concord Music I and II*and *BMG v. Anthropic*. Expect this new one to be reassigned to her as well. This is copyright suit No. 13 against Anthropic: **DOWNLOAD:**