ABKCO
ACTIVEIndependent American music and entertainment company based in New York (founded 1961), managing music publishing and master recording catalogs and film production.
ABKCO
Founded 1961 · New York City, United StatesABKCO Music & Records, Inc. is an independent American music and entertainment company headquartered in New York City, founded in 1961 by Allen Klein. It operates across music publishing, recorded music, and film production and distribution, with a business model largely based on rights licensing. The company manages one of the best-known independent music catalogs, including The Rolling Stones' early recordings and compositions (1963–1970), the work of Sam Cooke, the Cameo-Parkway catalog, and recordings by artists such as The Animals, Herman's Hermits, and Marianne Faithfull. In the context of artificial intelligence, ABKCO is notable as a co-plaintiff in the music publishers' lawsuit against Anthropic (filed 18 October 2023) concerning the use of copyrighted song lyrics to train the Claude model.
Founders
American music business manager and entrepreneur (1931–2009) who founded the company and managed The Rolling Stones and, for a period, the business affairs of The Beatles (Apple Corps).
Domain of activity
1 industries- Media & entertainment
Global presence
HQ New York City · 1 regionsScale & funding
founded 1961Organizational relations
2 strategic relations · 3 brandsStrategic relations
2- Distribution partnerGlobal distribution of the recorded-music catalog through Universal Music Group (UMG).
- OtherCo-plaintiff (alongside Concord and Universal Music Publishing) in the 18 October 2023 lawsuit against Anthropic over copyright infringement of song lyrics used to train the Claude model.
Profile & metadata
4 classification · 6 external linksClassification
- Statusactive
- Development stagemature
- Listed onNo
- Organization typeHolding / corporate group