Suno Sued by Elvis Presley Rights Holders and Eminem Publisher
Rights holders of Elvis Presley's music and the publisher of Eminem's records have sued AI music company Suno, alleging it generates music and lyrics that mimic the artists.
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The Presley suit rests on Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, which makes it illegal for an AI company to clone a singer's voice. Lawyers for the rights holders argue that "Suno has mechanically encoded itself with artists' identities, hard-work, creativity, and time, and harnessed them all for a consistent conveyor belt of cold hard cash."
The complaint goes further, describing Suno's "ravenous race to the bottom" as an effort "to make human creativity obsolete, coldly replicating without a license in seconds what takes years to learn, struggle with, maintain, and endlessly attempt to make better and perfect."
Similar to the Isbell case
The new suits closely mirror one filed in September by Jason Isbell and others. That case claimed Suno created imitations of the plaintiffs, but it did not directly allege copyright infringement.
Suno spokesperson Cat McCormack said the company exists "to help people create new, original music, not to trade on anyone's name or likeness, and we prohibit any unauthorized use of an artist's work." She said Suno does not allow prompts for specific artists' names and songs, and works with third-party providers to screen uploaded audio files and lyrics for potential misuse. "We are always working to strengthen our guardrails," she added, saying new safeguards will continue to be introduced.
A growing pile of litigation
The filings add to the legal pressure on Suno, which already faces lawsuits from Sony, UMG, Isbell, Reservoir Media and others. Together they test how far voice and likeness laws such as Tennessee's ELVIS Act can reach into AI music generation, alongside the more familiar copyright claims.
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