From Variety · Corbin Bolies · · 30s
Sony Music Sues Suno Over AI Model
Music giants sue AI startup for copyright infringement.
In brief
Music giants sue AI startup for copyright infringement. Sony Music and Universal Music Group sued Suno for copying their music through AI models. Originally reported by Variety.
Sue
Sony Music and Universal Music Group filed a lawsuit against Suno.
“Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group have a new grievance with AI start-up Suno”
Why
Suno's new model trains on previous models' outputs.
“Suno's admission that its new 'v6' family of models trained upon the outputs of its previous models”
Infringement
Suno's model copies copyrighted music.
“Suno's admission that training a 'new' model on the outputs of an infringing model does not eliminate the infringement”
Claim
Suno's models still infringe copyright.
“training a 'new' model on the outputs of an infringing model does not eliminate the infringement; it launders it”
Next
Suno faces legal action over AI music.
The big picture
Sony Music and Universal Music Group sued Suno for copying their music through AI models.
