Source: Cointelegraph
In a recent court filing, music generation startup Suno admitted to training its artificial intelligence model using copyrighted songs, defending the practice as legal under the fair-use doctrine. The argument comes amid a lawsuit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) against Suno and another startup, Udio, on June 24, alleging unauthorized use of copyrighted music for AI model training.
Suno’s co-founder and CEO, Mikey Shulman, elaborated on its stance in a blog post the same day as the legal filing. Shulman argued that training AI models on open internet data, including copyrighted material, is akin to a “kid writing their own rock songs after listening to the genre.” However, the RIAA refuted Suno’s claims, accusing the company of industrial-scale infringement.
The lawsuit from RIAA claims that Suno and Udio have used copyrighted music without permission to train their AI models, a practice Suno’s investors have openly hinted at but only directly acknowledged in the recent court filing. The concept of fair use, which allows for limited use of copyrighted material without permission under certain conditions, is at the heart of this legal battle.
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