UMG and Sony Hit Suno with Second AI Training Lawsuit Over Unlicensed Recordings
TL;DR
Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment filed a second lawsuit against Suno in Boston, alleging Suno copied about 60,000 copyrighted recordings to train its AI models, including the v6 suite launched Sept. 9, and seeking damages potentially in the billions plus an injunction and a jury trial. The complaint argues v6 is not a fresh start but the product of training on outputs of infringing models, while Suno contends it trained v6 from scratch; the case follows their earlier suit and underscores concerns about market harm from AI-generated music.
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