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Gerencia 360 Music sues Suno for $100 million over AI training on regional Mexican music
Independent label Gerencia 360 Music alleges Suno unlawfully used its catalog to build a competitive Spanish-language AI music service.
The short version
- Independent regional Mexican record label Gerencia 360 Music filed a copyright infringement lawsuit seeking nearly $100 million in damages from AI music company Suno.
- The lawsuit alleges Suno copied copyrighted tracks from streaming services to train its AI model to generate Spanish-language songs.
- Suno declined to comment on the suit, but has previously argued that using copyrighted works for AI model training is protected under fair use.
- The case adds to a growing wave of copyright litigation against Suno as courts assess whether AI model training qualifies for fair use protection.
Key facts
- Gerencia 360 Music filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Suno in federal court seeking nearly $100 million in damages.[Billboard]
- The suit claims Suno copied regional Mexican tracks from streaming platforms to train its model so it could generate Spanish-language songs for users.[Billboard]
- The complaint includes works by regional Mexican artists such as Adriel Favela, Javier Rosas, Giovanny Ayala, Cornelio Vega y su Dinastia, and Noel Torres.[Billboard]
- Suno declined to comment on the lawsuit, but has maintained in prior litigation that training its models on copyrighted material constitutes transformative fair use.[Billboard]
- The lawsuit follows separate copyright actions against Suno by major labels, independent artists, production music firm Jamendo, and indie publisher Round Hill Music.[Billboard]
What remains uncertain
- Whether training generative AI models on copyrighted sound recordings without a license constitutes fair use under federal copyright law.[Billboard]