Elvis Presley rights holders sue Anthropic over alleged training on 274 songs

On October 23, 2026, a unit of Authentic Brands Group and other Elvis Presley rights holders sued Anthropic, alleging the company trained its Claude models on 274 copyrighted Presley songs without permission. The complaint names songs including "Can't Help Falling in Love," "Don't Be Cruel," "A Little Less Conversation," and "All Shook Up," and alleges Anthropic ingested the works en masse to build technology capable of producing unlicensed derivative works. Lead attorney Richard Busch said the plaintiffs are "deeply protective of these iconic songs." Anthropic had not publicly commented as of the October 24 Billboard report that first surfaced the suit. This is a distinct case from Reservoir Media's October 21 suit against Anthropic (different plaintiff and different works).