# Alphabet shareholder sues Google execs over AI training on copyrighted works > Shareholder Phil Rosen files lawsuit against Alphabet leaders for using copyrighted music and voice recordings to train AI models like Lyria. - Title: Alphabet shareholder sues Google execs over AI training on… - Summary: Shareholder Phil Rosen files lawsuit against Alphabet leaders for using copyrighted music and voice recordings to train AI models like Lyria. Shareholder… - Keywords: phil rosen, alphabet, sundar pichai, larry page, sergey brin, google, lyria, musiclm, bipa, copyright, shareholder derivative suit, proxy statements - Source: Music Business Worldwide — https://musicbusinessworldwide.com/alphabet-shareholder-sues-sundar-pichai-and-12-others-over-training-googles-ai-including-lyria-on-copyrighted-works - Published: 2026-11-02T18:32:50+00:00 - Read time: 1 min - Topics: phil rosen, alphabet, sundar pichai, larry page, sergey brin, google, lyria, musiclm, bipa, copyright, shareholder derivative suit, proxy statements ## Shareholder sues Alphabet execs Shareholder Phil Rosen filed a 79-page lawsuit against 13 Alphabet executives including Sundar Pichai and Larry Page over AI training on copyrighted works. > The strategy was carefully crafted to avoid spending the time and money necessary to obtain lawful licenses or permission from the copyright holders ## Alphabet's unlawful AI strategy The lawsuit claims Alphabet used copyrighted music, recordings, and voiceprints to train AI models without permission or compensation. > Defendants followed the 'ask forgiveness not approval' model and adopted an unlawful plan to use a pirated dataset ## Lyria and MusicLM training data Google trained Lyria, MusicLM, and other models on 280,000 hours of copyrighted music without identifying rights holders or licenses. > Google did not identify the specific recordings, rights holders, or licenses in this 280,000-hour training corpus ## BIPA violations Alphabet allegedly violated Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting voiceprints without written consent. > Google also stripped out all copyright information that identified the artists and their copyright notices ## Proxy statement deception Alphabet dropped 'Responsible AI' statements from 2025 and 2026 proxies after claiming compliance with copyright and BIPA laws. > The Director Defendants eliminated these statements because they were well aware that they should not have been placed in the 2024 Proxy Statement ## Share repurchases Alphabet bought back 1.147 billion shares between April 2023 and November 2025 for USD $169.6 billion. > All of these repurchases were made at times when the Defendants knew, but had failed to disclose, the Company’s copyright and BIPA infringement ## Legal consequences If Rosen wins, Alphabet could face damages and forced governance changes for AI copyright and BIPA violations. > The strategy was carefully crafted to avoid spending the time and money necessary to obtain lawful licenses or permission from the copyright holders ## Related lawsuits Alphabet faces lawsuits from major labels over AI training on copyrighted recordings and voiceprints. > The cases it cites include the major labels’ lawsuits against Suno and Udio ## Fair use defense Google argues AI training on public data qualifies as fair use under US law, similar to art students taking inspiration from galleries. > Using publicly available web data for training models is a transformative, non-expressive use, like an art student taking inspiration from walking through a gallery ## Similar shareholder suit A shareholder filed a similar derivative suit against Apple executives in August 2024 over AI training practices. > In August, a shareholder of the same name filed a similar derivative suit against Apple’s executives and board members ## Key takeaway Shareholder Phil Rosen sued Alphabet executives for training Google's AI on copyrighted works without permission, seeking damages and governance changes.