AI Song Generator Objects to Labels’ Request to Add Piracy Claim

AI music generator Suno Inc. opposed record labels’ request to add a music piracy claim to their AI training copyright lawsuit, saying they’re conflating “accessing” songs from YouTube and “copying” them.

Labels including UMG Recordings Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment sought to amend their complaint to accuse Suno of circumventing YouTube Inc.'s unauthorized download blocking technological measures to copy music in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. But Suno argued its conduct doesn’t violate the DMCA and urged a judge not to let the labels’ amend their complaint in a Friday opposition filing in the US District Court for ...