The major music labels Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Records have sued the AI companies Suno and Udio. They accuse them of having used copyrighted works on a massive scale for their AI music generators without permission.
The lawsuits were filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in Boston and New York. The labels are demanding damages of up to 150,000 US dollars per work.
Suno and Udio allow users to create songs by entering text. According to the statement of the claim, their AI models can produce deceptively real imitations of well-known artists and songs.
The defendant companies reject the allegations and emphasize that their technology is designed to generate new content.
Sources: The Verge, VentureBeat