Munich court rejects fair use: Suno liable for copyright infringement

a munich court ruled in favor of german rights group gema, finding that suno models reproduced specific original elements from training songs, constituting copyright infringement. the court rejected suno's defense that it only stores mathematical patterns, finding that memorization occurred and applying us law to reject fair use protection. the court placed liability solely on suno, stating its model selection and architecture 'substantively determined' the infringing outputs. this ruling contradicts some us precedents like bartz, distinguishing them on the grounds that suno's outputs were 'substantially similar' to the originals. the decision could force ai music companies to alter their architectures or licensing strategies if upheld on appeal.