Sony and Universal sue Suno for a second time over its licensed v6 model

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Sony and Universal filed a new roughly $9 billion lawsuit against Suno, arguing its newly released v6 model — trained partly on licensed Warner/BMG catalogs and user creations — is 'the fruit of the same poisoned tree', weeks after Suno had rebranded v6 as a licensed release. Suno confirmed v6 was trained partly on user creations.

Why it matters

Directly challenges the licensed-retrain defense the whole AI-music market is pivoting to.

Importance: 3/5

Landmark-scale copyright suit targeting the licensed-retrain defense

music-gen legal copyright

Sources

media Sony and UMG are suing Suno again (The Verge)

media Suno confirms V6 model was trained on 'creations' from users, as it blasts latest Sony and Universal lawsuit (Music Business Worldwide)

media Universal and Sony sue AI firm over continued copyright infringement in its new model (MusicRadar)