Suno just caught another copyright lawsuit, and this one's coming from Jamendo, the music licensing arm under Winamp Group. Filed in a Massachusetts federal court on Monday, this marks the second AI company Jamendo has dragged to court in under two weeks, right after going after Nvidia. The complaint covers copyright infringement, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and unfair business practices under state law.
At the center of it all sits the MTG-Jamendo Dataset, a research-only collection built around 2019 with over 55,000 tracks, and it was officially registered with the Copyright Office on June 17. Jamendo claims Suno trained its AI, including an early open-source model, using roughly 919 hours of that audio, without ever paying for commercial rights.
Money-wise, Jamendo wants an injunction, plus profits worth at least €17.8 million, or statutory damages up to $150,000 per track if the court finds willful infringement. Suno is already tangled up with Universal, Sony, and European rights groups in separate cases, and it just settled with Warner back in November. Meanwhile, the company is sitting on a $5.4 billion valuation after a Series D round backed by Bond Capital.
At the center of it all sits the MTG-Jamendo Dataset, a research-only collection built around 2019 with over 55,000 tracks, and it was officially registered with the Copyright Office on June 17. Jamendo claims Suno trained its AI, including an early open-source model, using roughly 919 hours of that audio, without ever paying for commercial rights.
Money-wise, Jamendo wants an injunction, plus profits worth at least €17.8 million, or statutory damages up to $150,000 per track if the court finds willful infringement. Suno is already tangled up with Universal, Sony, and European rights groups in separate cases, and it just settled with Warner back in November. Meanwhile, the company is sitting on a $5.4 billion valuation after a Series D round backed by Bond Capital.
