Eminem's publisher sues Suno over 269 compositions
Eminem's publisher already has one fight with a big technology company in court. Now Eight Mile Style has opened a second, suing the AI music company Suno in California over its songs.
The Meta case that came first
Last year Eight Mile Style sued Meta. It alleged that its catalog showed up in the music libraries of Meta's platforms without a valid license. A federal judge denied Meta's motion to dismiss the copyright infringement claim in June, so that case can go forward.
The new suit follows that ruling. Digital Music News was given a first look at the complaint ahead of the weekend.
Eight Mile Style and its 269 songs
Eight Mile Style owns or controls the exclusive rights to Eminem's catalog. A publisher like this holds the rights to the compositions themselves, meaning the words and music, rather than to one particular recording. It filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
The complaint names 269 compositions. Its central claim is that Suno trained its AI models on them without permission or payment. Training here means feeding songs into a system so it learns to produce similar output. The suit adds that Suno lets users turn text prompts into sound recordings.
What the court papers point to
The filing relies on a 404 Media report. According to that report, Suno used a piracy service to scrape songs and lyrics from music services such as YouTube Music and Deezer, and from the lyrics site Genius.
It also offers an example. Suno's platform was used to generate "Lose Yourself", and the output included the verbatim lyrics of the original song.
The complaint says users pay to make songs on a platform built on those unauthorized copies.
Suno says it blocks misuse
Suno responded with a statement. It says it exists to help people create new, original music and prohibits unauthorized use of an artist's work. It says it blocks prompts that name specific artists or songs. It also relies on outside providers to check uploads and lyrics for possible misuse, and says it will "continue to add new safeguards that protect artists and our users."
Source: Digital Music News