Eight Mile Style, the publisher that owns or controls exclusive licensing rights to Eminem’s work, has sued Suno over its use of copyrighted music in artificial intelligence (AI) training. The complaint alleges Suno used 269 compositions without permission or payment and lets users generate sound recordings from prompts.
Filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the lawsuit alleges Suno copied millions of copyrighted works and built a paid song creation platform using that material. It also alleges Suno used a piracy service to collect millions of songs and lyrics from YouTube Music, Deezer and Genius. As an example, the complaint describes a Suno output that reproduced the lyrics of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” verbatim.
Suno said its platform is intended for creating original music and prohibits unauthorized use of artists’ work. The company said it blocks prompts naming specific artists or songs, uses third-party providers to screen uploaded audio and lyrics, and is adding further safeguards.
The suit follows a federal judge’s June decision denying Meta’s motion to dismiss a copyright infringement claim brought by Eight Mile Style. The publisher sued Meta last year, alleging its catalog appeared in the music libraries of Meta’s platforms without a valid license. copyright infringement
