Suno AI Music Lawsuit, Drake UMG Appeal, Diddy Lawyers & More Top Music Law News
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, a scathing new lawsuit over AI music, a "Not Like Us" court date for Drake, a legal shakeup for Diddy, and much more.
Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music sued AI music startup Suno last week, alleging the company's new AI model "wholesale theft" of copyrighted music to train its models. The lawsuit claims Suno's actions "threaten the entire music ecosystem" and saturate the market with AI-generated, low-quality content. The lawsuit adds new legal arguments and tens of thousands of new songs to UMG and Sony's ongoing copyright battle with Suno.
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