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Suno asked a federal court in Massachusetts to dismiss a class action brought by Jason Isbell, David Lowery and two other musicians over the use of artists' names and alleged voice imitation. Suno argues that describing musical style with an artist's name is protected speech and that federal copyright law preempts the state-law claims. The court has not ruled, and the case does not assert copyright infringement.
Alphabet shareholder Phil Rosen filed a derivative lawsuit against Sundar Pichai and 12 other company leaders, alleging Google trained AI systems including its Lyria music models on copyrighted works. Because Rosen brought the case on Alphabet’s behalf, any damages recovered would go to the company rather than him. The filing adds a shareholder-governance challenge to ongoing disputes over AI training.
The Music Artists Coalition joined Cate Blanchett and CAA on an AI licensing brief in The New York Times’ copyright case against OpenAI. Separately, RIAA, NMPA, ASCAP, BMI and five other music organizations filed a proposed brief backing the plaintiffs. The filings place music-industry groups inside a broader test of licensing arguments for AI systems.
Suno filed an opposition to Apple’s request to block a deposition subpoena in its copyright dispute with Universal Music Group and Sony Music. The company is seeking testimony on Apple’s label negotiations, the commercial role of major-label catalogs, streaming fraud, and communications about Suno, arguing that those topics bear on its fair-use and copyright-misuse defenses; the court has not yet ruled.
A U.S. federal magistrate judge allowed Universal Music Group and Sony Music to depose former Menlo Ventures principal C.C. Gong about a deleted post saying she had shifted most of her listening to Suno. The labels argue the statement bears on whether Suno substitutes for recorded music, part of the fair-use dispute in their copyright case. The order permits questioning within 30 days but does not decide the underlying claims.
UMG, Concord and ABKCO presented fair-use arguments against Anthropic in a federal hearing over the use of song lyrics to train Claude. Both sides are seeking summary judgment, but the court has not ruled; the outcome could clarify whether licensing is required when copyrighted lyrics are used for AI training.
