Independent music publisher Round Hill has sued AI companies Suno and Anthropic for alleged mass copyright infringement, accusing them of scraping hundreds of copyrighted songs without permission to train their AI models.
The cases add to the growing number of copyright lawsuits facing both companies over the material used to develop their artificial intelligence systems.
Suno and Anthropic Face More Copyright Claims
Suno, one of the largest AI music generation platforms, is already facing lawsuits from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Group over its alleged use of copyrighted material to create AI-generated recordings.
Warner Music Group also previously sued Suno but has since settled its case with the company.
Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI assistant, is facing separate lawsuits from Universal Music Publishing, ABCKO, Concord and BMG. Those cases involve allegations that copyrighted song lyrics were used to train Claude.
Round Hill Lists 500 Allegedly Infringed Songs
Round Hill controls copyrights to several well-known songs, including the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris,” Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” the Kinks’ “Lola” and Dio’s “Holy Diver.”
The publisher provided a list of 500 songs that it alleges Suno and Anthropic infringed.
However, Round Hill said it plans to amend its lawsuits to potentially include 10,000 or more musical compositions. The resulting damages could potentially exceed $1 billion.
Round Hill Rejects AI Fairness Arguments
Prominent music attorney Richard Busch, who is representing Round Hill, argued that technological progress and the potential benefits of AI do not justify developing these systems at the expense of copyright holders.
Round Hill also argued that claims based on the need for faster AI development become harder to justify given the substantial valuations of Suno and Anthropic while the companies allegedly benefit from unauthorized copies of copyrighted works.
The publisher said there is nothing fair about using copyrighted material without compensating its owners to build a multi-billion-dollar commercial business.
Representatives for Anthropic and Suno did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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