Sony and Universal Bring New Suno Copyright Suit
Sony and Universal filed another suit against Suno in Massachusetts federal court, targeting its v6 music model. They allege training a new model on outputs from earlier allegedly infringing models does not remove the infringement. The reported $9 billion figure is a theoretical statutory-damages ceiling for claimed recordings, not a demand or award; omit it from the headline. Suno's defense and the merits remain unresolved.
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Training one model on another model's outputs does not make the provenance question disappear. A credible rights record must trace the works and permissions through each generation of training material, so a court can test what changed and what did not. Sony and Universal's claims against Suno remain allegations, not findings.
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