Elvis Presley Song Rights Holders Sue Anthropic Over Copyright
The rights holders of over 250 Elvis Presley songs are suing AI company Anthropic, creator of the Claude chatbot, for copyright infringement. The lawsuit was reported by The Daily Memphian, a Memphis-based news outlet.
Memphis, TN, October 27, 2026 —
Rights holders of more than 250 songs associated with Elvis Presley are suing Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company that created the Claude chatbot, over alleged copyright infringement, according to The Daily Memphian.
The reported lawsuit concerns copyright claims involving the songs. The available information does not specify which songs are at issue, who the rights holders are, or what conduct by Anthropic they say infringed their copyrights. The details of the claims and the relief sought were not provided.
The Daily Memphian, a Memphis-based news outlet, reported the lawsuit. No filing date, court, location of the legal action or case number was included in the information available for this report. It also does not say whether Anthropic has responded to the suit or provide a statement from the company or the plaintiffs.
The lawsuit is an allegation, and the information provided does not include any court findings or outcome. It does not establish that infringement occurred. Further details about the claims, the works involved and the parties’ positions were not available in the report summary.
For now, the reported facts are limited: rights holders connected to over 250 Elvis Presley songs have brought a copyright-infringement suit against Anthropic, the company behind Claude, and The Daily Memphian reported it. The identities of the plaintiffs, the precise allegations and the status of the case remain unspecified in the available information.
Story summarized from the original created by eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) on dailymemphian.com, see more information here.