GEMA, Suno ruling to test copyright limits for AI music training in Germany
By Inbar Preiss ( July 27, 2026, 08:05 GMT | Insight) -- German music rights group GEMA's closely-watched lawsuit against Suno, a generative AI music platform, is due to be decided in Munich’s copyright chamber on July 31. The case promises to be a key test of whether AI music tools need licenses to train on protected songs and whether recognizable AI-generated outputs can infringe German and EU copyright rules.A Munich court's decision in a copyright dispute between German music rights body GEMA and US AI-music company Suno on July 31 promises to shape licensing expectations for AI music tools in Europe for collecting societies, music publishers, songwriters and AI developers....
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