Labels slam Suno’s YouTube stream-ripping in court filing
Record labels rejected artificial intelligence company Suno’s motion to dismiss allegations about illegally acquiring music from YouTube. Attorneys for Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group subsidiaries filed a response brief in Massachusetts federal court defending their expanded copyright lawsuit. The companies claim Suno circumvented YouTube’s encryption technology, which prevents unauthorized downloads of protected audio content.
Suno argued fair use principles protect its data collection methods under Digital Millennium Copyright Act provisions. Label representatives countered that bypassing access controls violates federal law regardless of subsequent copying defenses. The companies stated that Suno opted for faster acquisition methods instead of obtaining proper licensing agreements for training material.
Suno seeks more than 100 million dollars in funding at a 2 billion dollar valuation, according to reports from anonymous sources. The court case centers on whether the startup infringed copyrights by training artificial intelligence systems on protected recordings without authorization from rights holders.
