AI incident #1655 ·
Suno Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Music Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
What happened
Record labels and independent artists alleged that Suno copied copyrighted recordings without permission and used them to train its generative music models. Suno later acknowledged training on tens of millions of publicly accessible recordings while asserting fair use. Plaintiffs alleged the practice deprived rightsholders of licensing control and compensation and enabled competing AI-generated music.
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Who was involved
- Alleged developer
- Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Suno, Ai Music Generation System Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Songwriters, Record Labels, Musicians, Intellectual Property Rights Holders, Independent Artists, Copyright Holders, Tony Justice, David Woulard, Stan Burjek, James Burjek, Berk Ergoz, Hamza Jilani, Maatkara Wilson, Arjun Singh, Magnus Fiennes, Michael Mell
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