Elvis and Eminem rights holders sue Suno over AI music clones
elvis and eminem rights holders are suing suno for generating music and lyrics that mimic the artists, claiming it violates tennessee's elvis act and copyright laws.
suno, an ai music company, is facing two new lawsuits from rights holders of elvis presley's music and the publisher of some of eminem's biggest records. the lawsuits claim that suno illegally generates music and lyrics that mimic these artists, violating tennessee's ensuring likeness voice and image security (elvis) act. the lawyers representing presley's 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.' suno's spokesperson, cat mccormack, states that 'suno exists to help people create new, original music, not to trade on anyone's name or likeness.' the company prohibits prompts for specific artists' names and songs and works with third-party providers to screen uploaded audio files and lyrics for potential misuse.