Reservoir has expanded its lawsuits against Suno and Anthropic, bringing its requested statutory relief to more than $445 million. The revised Anthropic complaint alone identifies 1,143 works that Reservoir alleges were infringed.
The New York City-based publisher filed the expanded actions weeks after its original complaints. Its claims against Suno concern alleged infringement during artificial intelligence (AI) training, allegedly infringing outputs and alleged violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
In the Anthropic case, the number of works at issue rose from 853 to 1,143, with requested statutory damages of $171.5 million. Reservoir also alleges that Anthropic’s Claude reproduced lyrics “verbatim or near-verbatim.” The addition of works increased the requested DMCA damages.
The expanded claims follow developments including the availability of searchable training datasets and GEMA’s legal win against Suno in Germany. Reservoir also alleges that Suno generated derivative works.
Suno faces at least a dozen legal battles, including actions brought by:
- Universal Music, Sony Music and independent artists;
- Gerencia 360, Eight Mile Style and Elvis Presley Enterprises;
- GEMA, SOCAN and KODA; and
- Artists including David Lowery, as well as Round Hill.
Suno has partnerships with Warner Music, BMG and Believe, alongside growth in users and revenue.
