In a lawsuit filed on Friday (6), entities that hold the copyrights over the musical catalogs of Elvis Presley and Eminem filed proceedings against the Suno platform in the California federal court. The request cites alleged misuse of the works to train the company's artificial intelligence-based music generator, alleging infringement of hundreds of copyrights. Elvis Presley Enterprises also accused Suno of violating specific Tennessee legislation that prohibits the use of names, voices, and likenesses of artists by AI companies.
The California federal court is the forum chosen for the action. Suno spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the actions on Monday (10). The company had previously been sued by Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music for reasons related to the training of its AI. The agreement with Warner was signed, while proceedings against UMG and Sony remain ongoing. Separately, Elvis rights holders also triggered Anthropic in October for alleged misuse of lyrics to train chatbot Claude.