ClaudeAI refuses lyric translation due to copyright concerns

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-11-14 20:55

A user on Reddit's ClaudeAI community shared an interaction where Claude refused to translate song lyrics, citing copyright concerns. The AI explained that translating copyrighted material constitutes a derivative work, and thus, the right to translate belongs to the copyright holder. This response prevented the AI from providing even the first few words of the song. AI

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ClaudeAI refuses lyric translation due to copyright concerns

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r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/IMakeGamesAMA · 2026-11-14 20:55

"I can’t give you a full translation of the lyrics because they’re copyrighted." Any idea how to overcome this?

<div class="md"><p>Just found this song that I really like, but it's a very niche song so it's hard to search for in English. Any idea how I might get claude to translate the lyrics here?</p> <p>I tried this:</p> <blockquote> <p>okay how about this. get me the firs…