Overview
- A group of musicians led by Jason Isbell filed a federal complaint in Massachusetts on Monday alleging Suno encoded and exploits performers’ identities without consent and seeking class status, damages, and an injunction.
- The suit focuses on right-of-publicity claims rather than copyright and says Suno stored identifiable “voiceprints” and style tokens that users can access despite the company’s name-blocking filters.
- Plaintiffs say those filters can be bypassed by tricks such as spacing letters or using real names and provide examples like a Suno output called “Paper Bell” tied to Isbell’s vocal style and two tracks generated after entering “m i c h a e l j a c k s o n.”
- Separately, Canada’s SOCAN sued Suno in Federal Court this week alleging the platform produced hundreds of outputs that copy works in its repertoire and cited a sample set of 150 allegedly similar AI tracks.
- Suno denies wrongdoing, points to safeguards and prior deals such as a Warner settlement, and says it will defend itself; the cases follow earlier rulings and a reported data breach that could shape how courts treat training data, licensing, and creator pay.