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German court rules Suno violated copyright in AI music case

The Munich Regional Court (Landgericht München I) largely sided with the music‑rights collective GEMA, finding that U.S. AI music service Suno Inc. used six protected German songs for training its generative model without permission. The court held that the AI had memorised the works, constituting an unlawful reproduction, and ordered Suno to cease using the songs for both training and output, to disclose any illicit revenue and to pay damages, the amount of which has not yet been set.

The six works at issue are “Atemlos”, “Daddy Cool”, “Mambo No. 5”, “Big in Japan”, “Forever Young” and “Rasputin”. The ruling is not yet final and Suno may appeal. Legal experts say the decision could reshape how AI developers source training data across Europe.

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Atemlos (song) · GEMA · GEMA (Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs‑rechte) · German music creators · Judge Elke Schwager · Kai Welp · Landgericht München I · Landgericht München I (Munich Regional Court) · OpenAI · Suno · Suno Inc.

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