AI music generator Suno loses 'Rasputin' copyright suit by German rights group
By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( July 31, 2026, 12:50 GMT | Insight) -- A German collective rights management organization has won its copyright lawsuit against Suno, developer of an AI music generator. A Munich court found that Suno reproduced copyrighted music without permission and granted the collective rights body, GEMA, its requests for damages and injunctive relief in a ruling that could open the door for more European copyright actions against AI companies.A German collective rights management organization representing musicians has succeeded in obtaining damages and injunctive relief in the German courts against Suno, a developer of AI music tools....
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