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Incident 165525 Report
Suno Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Music Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
2024-06-24
Record labels and independent artists alleged that Suno copied copyrighted recordings without permission and used them to train its generative music models. Suno later acknowledged training on tens of millions of publicly accessible recordings while asserting fair use. Plaintiffs alleged the practice deprived rightsholders of licensing control and compensation and enabled competing AI-generated music.
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Udio Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Sound Recordings Without Permission to Train Its Generative AI Models
2024-06-24
Record labels and independent artists alleged that Udio copied copyrighted recordings without permission and used them to train its generative music models. Udio acknowledged that its training data presumably included recordings owned by the plaintiffs but argued the copying was fair use. Plaintiffs alleged losses of licensing control and compensation and competition from AI-generated music.
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Anthropic Allegedly Copied Copyrighted Song Lyrics Without Permission to Train Claude
2023-09-27
Music publishers alleged that Anthropic copied copyrighted song lyrics without permission to train Claude and that Claude reproduced protected lyrics in its outputs. Anthropic denied infringement and has argued that its training use is fair use. Publishers alleged that the conduct deprived rightsholders and songwriters of licensing control and revenue and undermined markets for licensed lyrics.
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Novel Deepfake Song Pulled from Music Streaming Services After Allegedly Violating Artist's Rights
2023-04-17
The deepfake performance of "Heart On My Sleeve" created to mimic the voice and musical styles of Drake and The Weeknd is no longer available on several streaming services after their record label served copyright takedown notices to the platforms.
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