Round Hill Sues Over AI Training: Copyright Claims Could Reach $1 Billion
Round Hill sued Suno and Anthropic over alleged unauthorized AI training, saying expanded copyright claims could potentially reach $1 billion. The post Round Hill Sues Over AI Training: Copyright Claims Could Reach $1 Billion appeared first on TechRepublic .
Independent music publisher Round Hill Music filed lawsuits against Anthropic and Suno in federal court in California, accusing the companies of using copyrighted music and lyrics without permission to train their AI systems. The publisher identified 500 compositions, including songs by the Goo Goo Dolls, Bonnie Tyler, and James Brown, which could potentially expand to 10,000 or more compositions.
Round Hill claims Anthropic copied lyrics from the songs to train Claude, while Suno allegedly copied compositions and recordings for its music-generation system. The lawsuits also allege that the companies stored unauthorized copies of Round Hill's works and used scraped material without permission. The total damages from the lawsuits could potentially reach $1 billion.
Round Hill CEO Josh Gruss emphasized the company's opposition to AI businesses being built on creative works without compensating their owners. The cases differ from recent settlements, such as Warner Music Group's agreement with Suno and Suno's partnership with BMG. Anthropic and Suno have faced copyright cases involving song lyrics before, while Suno is also being sued by Universal Music Group and Sony Music.
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