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1 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP OPPENHEIM + ZEBRAK, LLP

Joseph R. Wetzel (SBN 238008) Matthew J. Oppenheim
2 [email protected] Nicholas C. Hailey
Andrew M. Gass (SBN 259694) Audrey L. Adu-Appiah (admitted pro hac vice)
3 [email protected] 4530 Wisconsin Ave., NW, 5th Floor
Brittany N. Lovejoy (SBN 286813) Washington, DC 20016
4 [email protected] Telephone: (202) 480-2999
Ivana Dukanovic (SBN 312937) [email protected]
5 [email protected] [email protected]
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 [email protected]
6 San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: +1.415.391.0600 Jennifer Pariser
7 Andrew Guerra
Sarang V. Damle (admitted pro hac vice) Timothy Chung (admitted pro hac vice)
8 [email protected] 461 5th Avenue, 19th Floor
555 Eleventh Street NW, Suite 1000 New York, NY 10017
9 Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: (212) 951-1156
Telephone: +1.202.637.2200 [email protected]
10 [email protected]
Allison L. Stillman (admitted pro hac vice) [email protected]
11 [email protected]
1271 Avenue of the Americas COBLENTZ PATCH DUFFY & BASS LLP
12 New York, New York 10020 Jeffrey G. Knowles (SBN 129754)
Telephone: +1.212.906.1747 One Montgomery Street, Suite 3000
13 San Francisco, CA 94104
Rachel Horn (SBN 335737) Telephone: (415) 391-4800
14 [email protected] [email protected]
140 Scott Drive
15 Menlo Park, California 94025
Telephone: +1.650.328.4600 Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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Attorneys for Defendant
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19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
20 SAN JOSE DIVISION
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22 CONCORD MUSIC GROUP, INC., ET AL., Case Number: 5:24-cv-03811-EKL

23 Plaintiffs, STIPULATION AND

24 v. [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION MOTION
25 ANTHROPIC PBC,
Hon. Eumi K. Lee
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COWAN, LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C.

1 Richard S. Mandel
Jonathan Z. King
2 Richard Dannay (admitted pro hac vice)
114 West 47th Street
3 New York, NY 10036
Telephone: (212) 790-9200
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1 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, pursuant to N.D. Cal. Civil Local Rule 7-

2 12, by and among Plaintiffs Concord Music Group, Inc., Capitol CMG, Inc., Universal Music

3 Corp., Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal Music – MGB NA LLC, Polygram Publishing, Inc.,

4 Universal Music – Z Tunes LLC, and ABKCO Music, Inc. (collectively, “Publishers”) and

5 Defendant Anthropic PBC (“Anthropic”), by and through their respective counsel of record, as

6 follows:

7 1. On October 18, 2023, Publishers initiated this action by filing a Complaint against

8 Anthropic in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, asserting claims for

9 direct copyright infringement, contributory infringement, vicarious infringement, and removal or

10 alteration of copyright management information, in violation of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §§

11 106(1)-(3), (5), 501, 1202). ECF No. 1.

12 2. In the Complaint, Publishers allege ownership and/or control, in whole or in part,

13 of the exclusive rights to millions of valuable musical compositions, including the 500

14 compositions specifically identified in Exhibit A to the Complaint. See ECF No. 1-3.

15 3. Publishers moved for a preliminary injunction on November 16, 2023, ECF No. 40,

16 alleging irreparable harm. Anthropic then moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or, in

17 the alternative, to transfer venue. ECF No. 54. On June 24, 2024, the Middle District of Tennessee

18 held that it lacked personal jurisdiction, granted Anthropic’s motion in part, and transferred the

19 case to the Northern District of California (Judge Corley), without ruling on the preliminary

20 injunction motion. ECF No. 124. Following transfer, Publishers filed a renewed Motion for

21 Preliminary Injunction on August 1, 2024, ECF No. 179, which Anthropic opposed and which the

22 Parties have now fully briefed, see ECF Nos. 207, 225, 256. The case was reassigned from Judge

23 Corley to this Court on August 21, 2024. ECF No. 206. The Court heard oral argument on the

24 Motion on November 25, 2024. See ECF No. 272.

25 4. The Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1338(a)

26 because this dispute involves claims brought by Publishers against Anthropic under the Copyright

27 Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.

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1 5. Anthropic has implemented measures (“Guardrails”) by which Anthropic asserts

2 that it seeks to prevent infringing outputs of copyrighted content, including Publishers’ works.

3 6. The Parties have reached agreement resolving one aspect of the relief Publishers

4 seek pursuant to their Motion for Preliminary Injunction, ECF No. 179. To reflect that agreement,

5 the Parties stipulate as follows:

6 a. Anthropic will maintain its already implemented Guardrails in its current

7 AI models and product offerings. With respect to new large language models and new

8 product offerings that are introduced in the future, Anthropic will apply Guardrails on text

9 input and output in a manner consistent with its already-implemented Guardrails. Nothing

10 herein prevents Anthropic from expanding, improving, optimizing, or changing the

11 implementation of such Guardrails, provided that such changes do not materially diminish

12 the efficacy of the Guardrails.

13 b. At any time during the pendency of this proceeding, Publishers may notify

14 Anthropic in writing that its Guardrails are not effectively preventing output that

15 reproduces, distributes, or displays, in whole or in part, the lyrics to compositions owned

16 or controlled by Publishers, or creates derivative works based on those compositions.

17 Anthropic will respond to Publishers expeditiously and undertake an investigation into

18 those allegations, with which Publishers will cooperate in good faith. Anthropic will

19 ultimately provide a detailed written response identifying when and how Anthropic will

20 address the issue identified in Publishers’ notice, or Anthropic will clearly state its intent

21 not to address the issue. The foregoing procedure is without prejudice to Publishers’ right

22 to seek the Court’s intervention on an expedited basis, as appropriate.

23 c. Anthropic shall submit to the jurisdiction of this Court in any dispute

24 involving this stipulation, and the Court shall have the authority to enforce this stipulation

25 by all lawful and appropriate means.

26 7. The Parties’ stipulation resolves Publishers’ pending Motion for Preliminary

27 Injunction in part, as it relates to Publishers’ request for a preliminary injunction requiring

28 Anthropic to “maintain its already-implemented guardrails,” ECF No. 179 at 9. Accordingly,

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1 subject to the entry of this stipulation by the Court, Publishers’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction,

2 ECF No. 179, is denied in part as MOOT with respect to that specific request.

3 8. This stipulation is without prejudice to the Parties’ rights, remedies, and defenses

4 concerning the aspects of the Motion for Preliminary Injunction that are not resolved by this

5 stipulation and any other aspects of the case not directly addressed in this stipulation. In particular,

6 the Parties continue to dispute, and this stipulation does not resolve or affect, Publishers’ request

7 in their Motion for Preliminary Injunction that Anthropic refrain from using unauthorized copies

8 of Publishers’ lyrics to train future AI models. Further, nothing herein, nor any actions or

9 statements made in connection with this stipulation, shall be construed or interpreted as an

10 admission of liability, fault, or wrongdoing by any party.

11 9. This stipulation constitutes the entire understanding between the Parties with

12 respect to the subject matter herein. The Parties expressly agree that this stipulation supersedes all

13 prior negotiations, discussions, agreements, and understandings, whether written or oral, between

14 the Parties.

15 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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17 Dated: _________________,
January 2 2025
HON. EUMI K. LEE
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1 Dated: December 30, 2024 Respectfully submitted,

2 By: /s/ Matthew J. Oppenheim By: /s/ Joseph R. Wetzel

OPPENHEIM + ZEBRAK, LLP LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
3 Matthew J. Oppenheim Joseph R. Wetzel (SBN 238008)
4 Nicholas C. Hailey [email protected]
Audrey L. Adu-Appiah Andrew M. Gass (SBN 259694)
5 (admitted pro hac vice) [email protected]
4530 Wisconsin Ave., NW, 5th Floor Brittany N. Lovejoy (SBN 286813)
6 Washington, DC 20016 [email protected]
Telephone: (202) 480-2999 Ivana Dukanovic (SBN 312937)
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[email protected] [email protected]
8 [email protected] 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
[email protected] San Francisco, California 94111
9 Telephone: +1.415.391.0600
Jennifer Pariser
10 Andrew Guerra Sarang V. Damle
Timothy Chung (admitted pro hac vice)
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(admitted pro hac vice) [email protected]
12 461 5th Avenue, 19th Floor 555 Eleventh Street NW, Suite 1000
New York, NY 10017 Washington, DC 20004
13 Telephone: (212) 951-1156 Telephone: +1.202.637.2200
[email protected]
14 [email protected] Allison L. Stillman
[email protected] (admitted pro hac vice)
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[email protected]
16 COBLENTZ PATCH DUFFY & BASS LLP 1271 Avenue of the Americas
Jeffrey G. Knowles (SBN 129754) New York, New York 10020
17 One Montgomery Street, Suite 3000 Telephone: +1.212.906.1747
San Francisco, CA 94104
18 Telephone: (415) 391-4800 Rachel Horn (SBN 335737)
19 [email protected] [email protected]
140 Scott Drive
20 COWAN, LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C. Menlo Park, California 94025
Richard S. Mandel Telephone: +1.650.328.4600
21 Jonathan Z. King
Richard Dannay Attorneys for Defendant
22 (admitted pro hac vice)
23 114 West 47th Street
New York, NY 10036-1525
24 Telephone: (212) 790-9200
[email protected]
25 [email protected]
[email protected]
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ATTESTATION
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2 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that all other signatories listed, and on whose

3 behalf this filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing.

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DATED: December 30, 2024 /s/ Joseph R. Wetzel
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