Sony and Universal Music Group have filed a second lawsuit against AI music generator Suno, claiming its new v6 model infringes on their copyrights. The labels previously sued Suno over alleged infringement involving over 60,000 recordings.
Jason Isbell and three other artists filed a lawsuit against AI music company Suno, accusing it of training its model on their songs and imitating their voices. The suit tests a legal strategy based on unlawful imitation rather than copyright.
Suno announced it will implement invisible audio watermarks on AI-generated tracks and impose new download limits to prevent mass distribution, as the company faces copyright infringement lawsuits from major music labels including Sony and Universal.
A German court ruled that AI music company Suno broke copyright rules and must disclose illicit revenue, marking a significant development in ongoing legal battles between artists, publishers, and AI technology firms over intellectual property rights.
Music publisher Round Hill has filed lawsuits against AI companies Suno and Anthropic, alleging illegal scraping of copyrighted music for training data. The legal action follows a major leak of Suno's source code revealing the company trained its AI music generator on over 2 million scraped YouTube songs.
Suno has raised $400 million led by Bond Capital at a $5.4 billion valuation, doubling its value from seven months ago. The funding comes as the company faces ongoing litigation from major record labels over copyright issues.
