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AI music copyright and publicity lawsuits expand

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Since June 2026, AI music generators have faced a wave of copyright actions. Belgian platform Jamendo sued Nvidia, while Sony Music, Universal, and Warner Music Group sued Udio for copying more than 30,000 recordings. In July, Sony filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York seeking damages of up to $150,000 per work. Thousands of independent musicians also joined class-action suits against Udio and Suno. On July 31, the Munich Regional Court ruled that Suno infringed copyright by using six protected songs for training without a license. This was reinforced on 10 August by a Munich ruling in favor of the German rights organization GEMA, which determined Suno violated both German and American copyright laws. Nicky Trebbien of Koda described the ruling as a “historic decision” signaling that AI companies cannot build businesses on the work of others without respect for copyright. In response to legal pressures, Suno has pursued licensing agreements. On 12 August, Suno entered a global licensing agreement with ~~BMG to use recorded~~ BMG, and ~~publishing works for training, provided artists opt in for compensation; this deal also settled Suno’s past use of BMG material. On~~ on 7 September, ~~Suno confirmed~~ it ~~had secured~~ confirmed major ~~licensing~~ agreements with both BMG and Warner Music ~~Group, marking a strategic shift toward formal partnerships.~~ Group. On 9 September, Suno launched its v6 suite of ~~music generation models, including a flagship v6, an~~ models—including flagship, experimental ~~v6-Wild version,~~ v6-wild, and a v6-mini ~~tier. Developed~~ tiers—developed in partnership with Warner Music Group, BMG, and ~~the distributor Believe, these~~ Believe. These models utilize a revenue-sharing framework ~~where rights holders receive compensation. Suno’s chief product officer, Jack Brody, stated these models~~ and are “trained from the ground up on licensed data provided to us by our partners, user data, and then the accumulation of all the learnings that have gone into ~~it.”~~ it,” according to Chief Product Officer Jack Brody. Despite these partnerships, Suno remains in litigation with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. On 15 September, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) filed a lawsuit against Suno, alleging the unauthorized replication of works by artists such as Joni Mitchell and The Weeknd.

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