Suno Held Liable for Infringing German Song Copyrights in Landmark Court Ruling
Suno Held Liable for Infringing German Song Copyrights in Landmark Court Ruling The Munich Regional Court ruled in favor of the German PRO GEMA against...
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- Suno Held Liable for Infringing German Song Copyrights in Landmark Court Ruling The Munich Regional Court ruled in favor of the German PRO GEMA against Suno, one of the first major legal blows to an AI music company.
- Trending on Billboard A German court says Suno illegally trained its model on unlicensed songs administered by the country’s PRO — one of the first major legal blows to an AI music company amid worldwide copyright infringement litigation.
- The Friday (July 31) ruling out of Munich Regional Court is a seminal victory for GEMA, the German collection society for performance royalties.
- 5.” According to Reuters, the Munich court held that Suno did not have the right under the country’s copyright laws to feed German-owned compositions into its popular AI model without compensation.
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Suno Held Liable for Infringing German Song Copyrights in Landmark Court Ruling The Munich Regional Court ruled in favor of the German PRO GEMA against Suno, one of the first major legal blows to an AI music company. Trending on Billboard A German court says Suno illegally trained its model on unlicensed songs administered by the country’s PRO — one of the first major legal blows to an AI music company amid worldwide copyright infringement litigation. The Friday (July 31) ruling out of Munich Regional Court is a seminal victory for GEMA, the German collection society for performance royalties. 5.” According to Reuters, the Munich court held that Suno did not have the right under the country’s copyright laws to feed German-owned compositions into its popular AI model without compensation. This is crucial for the enforcement of the law.” Suno said, “We disagree with today’s ruling — which rests on a fundamental mischaracterization of how Suno’s technology works, how it is used and how U.S. From the beginning, we trained our models to create new songs, not reproduce existing ones, and built protections into our platform.” GEMA initiated the German case against Suno seven months after...