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Claude's new system prompt really doesn't want to reproduce song lyrics

Simon Willison · Sep 02, 2026 · Governance & Policy

Claude's new system prompt prohibits reproducing song lyrics.

“Claude does not reproduce song lyrics, poems, or passages from books and articles, in whole or in part.”

Anthropic has updated Claude's system prompts to explicitly prohibit the reproduction of song lyrics. This change reflects growing awareness of copyright issues in AI-generated content, making it a significant development for content governance in AI applications.

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