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Judge dismisses direct copyright claim against Dario Amodei with leave to amend

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Source: U.S. District Court, N.D. California (CourtListener docket)Also reported by Unite.AI

On 4 November 2026, Judge Eumi K. Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted Dario Amodei’s partial motion to dismiss in Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC, with leave to amend. The motion targeted only the claim that Amodei directly infringed copyrights through torrenting; the contributory claim was not at issue. The court left Anthropic’s separate partial motion unresolved and ordered the parties to meet and confer and file a joint status report by 11 November 2026.

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The publishers may amend the direct-infringement claim against Amodei, and Anthropic’s motion on Claude’s outputs and copyright-management information remains unresolved.

When
4 Nov 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0717
Who
Anthropic, Concord Music Group, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California; Dario Amodei, Eumi K. Lee
Authority
US District Court, N.D. California
Target
Dario Amodei (Anthropic)
Action
direct-infringement claim against Amodei dismissed with leave to amend; Anthropic’s partial motion unresolved
Status
joint status report due 11 Nov 2026 · Enforcement ledger

Summary written with AI by wheresthe.ai, from U.S. District Court, N.D. California (CourtListener docket) and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 5 Nov 2026.

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WTA-N-2026-0717: “Judge dismisses direct copyright claim against Dario Amodei with leave to amend.” wheresthe.ai, 4 Nov 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-judge-dismisses-direct-copyright-claim-against-amodei-2026-11/ (source: U.S. District Court, N.D. California (CourtListener docket)).

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