Elvis, Eminem copyright owners sue Suno over AI training (updated)
UPDATE 1-Elvis, Eminem copyright owners sue Suno over AI training Adds response from Suno in bullet 3
By Blake Brittain
Nov 9 (Reuters) - Several entities that own copyrights in Elvis Presley and Eminem's music catalogs have sued Suno in California federal court for allegedly misusing their work to train its AI music generator.
The groups said in the complaints filed on Friday that Suno infringed hundreds of their copyrights by using the music to generate similar work
Elvis Presley Enterprises also accused Suno of violating a Tennessee law named after Presley that was meant to block AI companies from misusing artists' names, images, voices and likenesses
"Suno exists to help people create new, original music, not to trade on anyone's name or likeness, and we prohibit any unauthorized use of an artist's work," a Suno spokesperson said on Monday
Suno has previously been sued by major music labels Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony Music over its AI training
Warner has since settled its lawsuit, while UMG and Sony's cases are still ongoing
Presley's rightsholders separately sued Anthropic in October for allegedly misusing his lyrics to train its chatbot Claude
The cases are Elvis Presley Enterprises v. Suno Inc, US District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 3:26-cv-13398 and Eight Mile Style LLC v. Suno Inc, US District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 3:26-cv-13399.
Read more:
Anthropic sued over Elvis songs used to train Claude
(Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington)