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Music record labels sue AI song-generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement

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AI has been a controversial topic in the music industry, with debates ranging from the creative possibilities of the new technology to concerns around its legality.

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  1. KTVB Boise

    Music record labels sue AI song-generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement (opens KTVB Boise)

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    AI has been a controversial topic in the music industry, with debates ranging from the creative possibilities of the new technology to concerns around its legality.

  2. Engadget

    Record labels sue AI music generators for ‘massive infringement of recorded music’ (opens Engadget)

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    Major music labels are taking on AI startups that they suspect trained on their songs without paying. Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Group sued the music generators Suno and Udio for allegedly infringing on copyrighted works on a “massive scale.”

  3. NBC News

    U.S. record labels are suing AI music generators, alleging copyright infringement (opens NBC News)

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    The world’s biggest record labels are teaming up to take two prominent AI music-making companies to court, a move that comes as generative artificial intelligence continues to infiltrate the music industry.

  4. Green Field Reporter

    Music record labels sue AI song-generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    BOSTON (AP) — Big record companies are suing artificial intelligence song-generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI music startups are exploiting the recorded works of artists from Chuck Berry to Mariah Carey.

  5. Rolling Stone

    AI's Most Ambitious Music Generators Infringed Thousands Of Songs, New Lawsuit Says (opens Rolling Stone)

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    The Recording Industry of America sued the AI music generators Suno and Udio on allegations that they infringed millions of songs for their tech.

  6. Quartz

    Record labels are suing AI music companies for 'en masse' copyright infringement (opens Quartz)

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    Artificial intelligence startup Udio's model was used to create the viral "BBL Drizzy" song

  7. Variety

    Major Labels Sue AI Music Services Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement (opens Variety)

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    The RIAA, on behalf of Sony, Universal and Warner Music, is suing the AI music services Suno and Udio for copyright Infringement in 'training' AI.

  8. Los Angeles Times

    Major record labels sue AI companies for allegedly stealing copyrighted music (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Major record labels have sued AI companies Suno and Udio for allegedly stealing copyrighted sound recordings, the RIAA announced.

  9. New York Post

    Sony, Universal, Warner sue AI startups claiming copyright infringement in training models (opens New York Post)

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    Major record labels Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Records sued artificial intelligence companies Suno and Udio on Monday, accusing them of committing mass copyright infringement by using the labels' recordings to train music-generating AI systems.

  10. The Boston Globe

    Record companies accuse AI music startup Suno of ‘copyright infringement on an almost unimaginable scale’ (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Cambridge-based company insists that it has stayed within the boundaries of copyright law.

  11. Forbes

    Major Record Labels Sue AI Music Startups For Allegedly Copying Songs To Train AI (opens Forbes)

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    The lawsuits filed Monday allege “copyright infringement involving unlicensed copying of sound recordings on a massive scale” and seek an injunction and damages.

  12. amNewYork

    Music record labels sue AI song-generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement | amNewYork (opens amNewYork)

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    Big record companies are suing artificial intelligence song-generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI music startups are

  13. France 24

    Major music labels sue AI startups over copyright infringement (opens France 24)

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    Some of the world's major music labels are suing music generation services Suno and Udio, accusing the startups of violating the copyrights of top artists to train their generative AI engines without…

  14. Time

    Major Record Labels Sue AI Music Generator (opens Time)

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    Universal, Warner, and Sony are suing two startups to protect their copyrighted songs from being used by the technology.

  15. Triblive

    Music labels sue AI song generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement (opens Triblive)

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    BOSTON — Big record companies are suing artificial intelligence song-generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI music startups are exploiting the recorded works of artists from Chuck Berry to Mariah Carey.

  16. New York Times

    Major Record Labels Sue A.I. Music Generators (opens New York Times)

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    The lawsuits say that Udio and Suno trained their products on reams of copyrighted music.

  17. Time

    Music Labels Sue AI Song-Generators for Copyright (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    Big record companies are suing artificial intelligence song-generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI music startups are exploiting the recorded works of artists from Chuck Berry to Mariah Carey.

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