Suno AI music generator sued again for copyright infringement

New lawsuits are claiming that Suno has once again committed copyright infringement by using Elvis Presley and Eminem's likeness to create AI-generated songs. As first reported by Variety, a group that owns the rights to Presley's music and Eight Mile Style, a music publishing company that owns hundreds of Eminem recordings, filed separate lawsuits against Suno. Both lawsuits offered examples of songs created through the AI music generator that allegedly sound like Presley or mimic Eminem's lyrics.

A group of attorneys representing the plaintiffs in each case said that Suno's actions "make human creativity obsolete, coldly replicating without a license in seconds what takes years to learn, struggle with, maintain, and endlessly attempt to make better and perfect." Suno countered with a statement to Variety that said it doesn't allow "any unauthorized use of an artist's work," specifying that it prohibits using "specific artists' names and songs," while also working with third-party companies to screen for "potential misuse."

The group behind Presley's music rights has set it sights on combating AI copyright infringement. It recently filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, claiming $41 million in damages for allegedly training its AI models on the musician's works without permission.