Suno Sued by Canadian Music Rights Organization SOCAN for Copyright Infringement
The organization filed a lawsuit against the AI music platform for allegedly infringing at least 150 songs within its repertoire.
Canadian music rights organization SOCAN has filed a lawsuit against AI music generation app Suno, accusing the company of copyright infringement. SOCAN claims that Suno unlawfully used the work of its members' songs in its AI outputs, dating back to the app's launch in Canada in 2023. The organization is requesting the court to require Suno to comply with copyright law and stop making infringing outputs available, while also respecting the rights of music creators and publishers.
SOCAN has provided a subset of 150 AI outputs generated by Suno that are largely or fully infringing on its member rightsholders' work. The lawsuit comes as SOCAN aims to ensure that their members are paid when their songs are used and to send a clear message to AI services that using music without permission has consequences.
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