Elvis Presley’s Music Owners File New Lawsuit Against AI Music Generator
The complaints seek up to $128.85 million in damages and ask a court to order training data accounting and destruction of alleged unauthorized copies.
- On Friday, Elvis Presley Enterprises and Eight Mile Style filed separate federal lawsuits against AI music generator Suno, accusing the firm of copyright infringement and unauthorized voice cloning.
- The complaints allege Suno violated Tennessee's 2024 Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act by enabling users to generate tracks that mirror artists' distinctive voices without permission.
- Attorneys Richard Busch and Andrew Davis argue the platform exploits artists, citing generated music replicating Elvis's 'rich vocal timbre' and Eminem's lyrics from hits like 'Lose Yourself.'
- Suno, which previously faced suits from major labels like Universal Music Group, denied the allegations, maintaining its AI models do not produce output mimicking specific real voices.
- These actions represent a significant test for the ELVIS Act, as rights holders increasingly challenge AI companies over the use of copyrighted material to train generative models.
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Elvis Presley and Eminem rights holders sue Suno over alleged copyright infringement
Suno is facing fresh copyright lawsuits from the rights holders of Elvis Presley and Eminem. The complaints allege the AI music platform used copyrighted songs without permission to train its models and raise concerns over AI-generated voice cloning.
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Elvis rights holders and Eminem’s publisher sue Suno, testing the ELVIS Act
Elvis Presley's rights holders and Eight Mile Style, the publisher of many of Eminem's early songs, filed separate federal lawsuits against Suno on Nov. 6. The Presley suit is one of the first major tests of Tennessee's ELVIS Act, which protects artists' voices and likenesses.
Suno Accused Of 'Breathtaking' Elvis, Eminem IP Infringement
Elvis Presley and Eminem's music rights owners have hit Suno Inc. with separate lawsuits in California federal court, alleging the startup's artificial intelligence-powered music generating tools rip off the artists' voice, image and likeness on "literally a breathtaking scale," and are demanding hundreds of millions of dollars in statutory damages.
Elvis Presley rights holders sue AI music generator over licensing, copyright violations
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Elvis Presley Enterprises leads a coalition of plaintiffs suing the artificial intelligence music generator Suno, claiming the platform unlawfully uses The King’s name, image and likeness and directly infringes on copyrighted work. The plaintiffs — consisting of companies and individuals who own or have exclusive control of Presley’s name, image, likeness and copyrights — claim Suno trained its models on copyrighted material…
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