{"id":3828,"date":"2025-09-22T15:53:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2026-04-26T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:53:11","slug":"after-anthropics-1-5b-book-piracy-payout-record-labels-target-suno-for-illegal-youtube-stream-ripping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/after-anthropics-1-5b-book-piracy-payout-record-labels-target-suno-for-illegal-youtube-stream-ripping\/","title":{"rendered":"After Anthropic\u2019s $1.5B Book Piracy Payout, Record Labels Target Suno for Illegal YouTube Stream Ripping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The major music companies have escalated their copyright infringement lawsuit against AI music generation company Suno, filing an amended complaint that alleges the startup illegally \u201cstream ripped\u201d copyrighted recordings from\u00a0YouTube\u00a0to train its AI models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amended complaint, filed on September 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labels describe this tactic as \u201ca tacit admission of&nbsp;<strong>Suno\u2019s illegal copying<\/strong>, as fair use only comes into play when an unauthorized use of a copyrighted work needs to be justified.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complaint notes that Suno has\u00a0raised\u00a0<strong>USD $125 million<\/strong>\u00a0in funding, valuing it at approximately\u00a0<strong>$500 million<\/strong>, and claims over\u00a0<strong>12 million users<\/strong>\u00a0have created music using its service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSuno further touts a roster of high-profile backers and has monetized its service, charging users up to&nbsp;<strong>$24 per month<\/strong>&nbsp;for its highest subscription tier,\u201d reads the complaint. \u201cNone of that would be possible without the vast troves of copyrighted sound recordings that Suno copied to train its AI models.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amended filing includes a potentially damaging admission from&nbsp;<strong>Antonio Rodriguez<\/strong>, a partner at venture capital firm Matrix Partners and one of Suno\u2019s earliest investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rodriguez is quoted as saying his firm invested in&nbsp;<strong>Suno<\/strong>&nbsp;with full knowledge that the company might face lawsuits from copyright owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHonestly, if we had deals with labels when this company got started, I probably wouldn\u2019t have invested in it. I think they needed to make this product without the constraints,\u201d Rodriguez&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/suno-could-get-sued-by-the-record-business-whos-backing-it-with-125m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told&nbsp;<em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By \u201cconstraints,\u201d the labels argue, Rodriguez was referring to \u201cthe need to adhere to ordinary copyright rules and seek permission from rightsholders to copy and use their works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complaint alleges Rodriguez was willing to \u201cunderwrite\u201d the costs of potential lawsuits because he expected his investment in<strong>&nbsp;Suno<\/strong>&nbsp;to be profitable despite damages owed to copyright owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suno\u2019s alleged practice of<strong>\u00a0stream ripping<\/strong>\u00a0was made public on September 2, 2025, after the<strong>\u00a0International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP)<\/strong>\u00a0shared 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