Suno faces a second copyright suit from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment over 60,202 recordings. The labels say Suno copied those tracks without permission for AI training. Statutory damages could reach USD $150,000 per work, putting the theoretical ceiling above $9 billion.
Another claim targets YouTube protections, with roughly $150 million potentially added if each listed recording counts once. The labels also want an injunction and jury trial. Their v6 argument gets messy fast. Suno says the model started fresh without Universal or Sony data, while the lawsuit says earlier model outputs still fed its development.
The filing points to user preference data and knowledge distillation, arguing older systems passed learned behavior into v6. It names v4, v4.5, v4.5+, v5, v4.5-all, and v5.5. Audible Magic fingerprinting allegedly helped identify the works during discovery. Suno has also acknowledged obtaining YouTube audio with YT-DLP.
Another claim targets YouTube protections, with roughly $150 million potentially added if each listed recording counts once. The labels also want an injunction and jury trial. Their v6 argument gets messy fast. Suno says the model started fresh without Universal or Sony data, while the lawsuit says earlier model outputs still fed its development.
The filing points to user preference data and knowledge distillation, arguing older systems passed learned behavior into v6. It names v4, v4.5, v4.5+, v5, v4.5-all, and v5.5. Audible Magic fingerprinting allegedly helped identify the works during discovery. Suno has also acknowledged obtaining YouTube audio with YT-DLP.
