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In 2022, an AI music generator app was established; years later, it is facing multiple lawsuits for using the likeness of artists like Elvis Presley and Eminem without permission

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Elvis Presley and Eminem's estates have filed lawsuits against the AI music generator Suno for unauthorized use of their likeness and music, claiming billions in damages. In 2022, an AI music generator app was established; years later, it is facing multiple lawsuits for using the likeness of artists like Elvis Presley and Eminem without permission. (Instagram) Using generative AI in different forms of art has been a b

In 2022, an AI music generator app was established; years later, it is facing multiple lawsuits for using the likeness of artists like Elvis Presley and Eminem without permission

The problem

Elvis Presley's estate and Eminem's publishers allege in federal lawsuits that Suno copied their catalogues and let users imitate the artists' voices, with the Eminem filing alone seeking roughly USD 41 million over 269 songs.

In brief

Elvis Presley's estate and the publishers of Eminem's music have filed separate federal lawsuits against Suno, an AI music-generation app founded in 2022. The Eminem filing alleges infringement of about 269 compositions, including 'Lose Yourself,' 'Without Me' and 'The Real Slim Shady,' and puts total demands at roughly USD 41 million.

The Presley suit is a 51-page filing that accuses Suno of copyright infringement and of violating Tennessee's ELVIS Act, a 2024 law aimed at stopping AI companies from cloning singers' voices. It seeks unspecified statutory and punitive damages.

Suno has denied the allegations. The company says it bars prompts naming specific artists and songs and works with third-party providers to screen uploaded audio and lyrics. The case is ongoing and the claims are allegations, not proven facts.

Main points

  1. The Eminem publishers allege infringement of about 269 compositions, including 'Lose Yourself,' 'Without Me' and 'The Real Slim Shady.'
  2. Claims include removal of digital rights information, with USD 150,000 per work as maximum statutory damages and a further USD 672,000 for those violations.
  3. The Presley filing runs 51 pages and cites Tennessee's 2024 ELVIS Act, which targets AI voice cloning.
  4. Plaintiffs say users can generate tracks matching Presley's 'rich vocal timbre' by naming him in prompts.
  5. Suno says it does not allow prompts for specific artists' names and songs and screens uploaded audio and lyrics with third-party providers.
  6. The article reports separate suits against Anthropic and Meta over about 274 Presley songs allegedly used to train a chatbot, seeking USD 48.6 million.

The full story

The Presley estate's complaint says Suno built a multi-billion-dollar business by scraping legacy catalogues and offering users a 'conveyor belt' of unauthorised vocal and stylistic imitations. It accuses Suno of copyright infringement, exploiting Presley's identity when users cite his name, and using his likeness without permission.

The Eminem publishers' complaint centres on copyright and removal of copyright management information. They allege Suno let users generate and recreate tunes and lyrics that mimic the rapper's music, and cite maximum statutory damages of USD 150,000 per work plus USD 672,000 for the information violations.

Suno denies the allegations, saying it exists to help people create new, original music and is working to strengthen its guardrails. The article notes the details are allegations from a legal hearing and that no final verdict has been reached.

Talk it overFour questions for a class, a team or the dinner table

  1. Who carries this cost, and what would have to change to prevent it?

    The problem Elvis Presley's estate and Eminem's publishers allege in federal lawsuits that Suno copied their catalogues and let users imitate the artists' voices, with the Eminem filing alone seeking roughly USD 41 million over 269 songs.

  2. How do we know? What can this kind of evidence show, and what can’t it?

    The evidence This rests on a regulatory or legal action, from Times of India.

  3. What does it leave open? What else would you want to know before acting on it?

    The record’s own caveat The claims are allegations made by the plaintiffs; the case is ongoing and no verdict has been reached, and Suno denies all of the allegations.

  4. Have you seen AI used this way where you study, work or live? Did it go the same way?

The questions are the same on every record. The details under them are taken from this record as written.

Sources

1 on file
  1. Times of Indiatimesofindia.indiatimes.com
    Journalism2026-11-08

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