Sony and UMG are suing Suno again
Sony and Universal Music Group have filed a new lawsuit against AI music company Suno, alleging that its latest v6 model infringes on their copyrights. The labels accuse Suno of 'model laundering' by training the new model on outputs from previous versions that were built using unlicensed music. Suno maintains that the v6 model was trained from the ground up with new data, including user-generated content, but has not provided specific details on the data sources.
- ▪Sony and UMG are suing Suno for copyright infringement related to its v6 AI music model.
- ▪The complaint alleges that Suno used 'model laundering' by training v6 on outputs from earlier models that used infringing data.
- ▪Suno's CEO stated that v6 was trained from the ground up with a new set of data, including user creations.
- ▪Sony and UMG are notable holdouts who did not sign a licensing agreement with Suno.
- ▪The labels argue that training on outputs from infringing models does not eliminate the original copyright infringement.
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