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Music Ally reports that German collecting society GEMA has launched PLAI, a licensed dataset for training AI music models. The announcement comes as GEMA pursues legal action against companies it believes trained systems on music without permission, including its case involving Suno. For developers, the launch highlights a concrete alternative to disputed training practices: using music packaged for licensed model development.
Music Business Worldwide reports that the American Federation of Musicians opposed efforts by Universal and Warner to dismiss its lawsuit over licenses involving Suno and Udio. The union argues that supplying member performances for AI use triggered a contract provision requiring notice and compensation; the labels dispute that reading. The judge had not ruled, leaving performer payment from label–AI agreements an open legal question.
404 Media reported that a hacker shared legacy Suno code and data describing the collection of music, lyrics and podcasts used for training. PC Gamer quoted Suno saying the limited incident occurred in 2025, involved outdated code, was contained and did not compromise sensitive personal information. The reporting adds detail to an existing training-data dispute, but the underlying files came through an unauthorized breach and should be treated as reported claims.
Music Business Worldwide reports that Suno asked a Massachusetts federal court to stop UMG and Sony from adding 61,026 recordings to their copyright lawsuit. Suno cited a New York judge’s refusal to let Sony add 30,442 works to a parallel Udio case. The court had not ruled on Suno’s request when reported, so this is a procedural dispute—not a decision on whether AI training is fair use.
