Suno admits it scraped audio from YouTube in a court filing.
We already kinda knew that thanks to a hack of the company’s data in July. And Suno admitted to training its models on publicly available music. But this is the first time it has explicitly copped to ripping audio from YouTube, saying in a court filing: > Suno admits that audio data was obtained from YouTube for use as training data using YT-DLP. [Link: Suno admits it obtained YouTube audio to train its AI | https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-admits-it-obtained-youtube-audio-to-train-its-ai-but-challeng…
Suno's admission that it obtained YouTube audio for training data using YT-DLP exposes it to copyright and stream-ripping claims from music rights holders.
Evidence
- JournalismThe Verge2026-09-11
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-1059, v1: “Suno admits it scraped audio from YouTube in a court filing..” Truvace, 2026-09-12. /record/TRV-2026-1059 (accessed at citation time). sha256 426566492c5d2423…
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