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German court finds Suno AI music generator violated copyrights

A German court has ruled that the AI music generator Suno infringed on copyrights. The court found that six songs were stored within Suno's models, constituting a violation. Both Germany's text-and-data-mining exception and the US fair use defense were rejected by the court, though the ruling is not yet final. AI

IMPACT This ruling could set a precedent for AI training data legality and copyright enforcement in generative AI.

RANK_REASON Legal ruling on AI copyright infringement with implications for AI training data and output. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.4]

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German court finds Suno AI music generator violated copyrights

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  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthias Bastian ·

    German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights, rejects fair use defense

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="768" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ai_music_generator_law.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="1376" /></p> <p> A Munich court ruled that AI music generator Suno vio…

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights, rejecting fair use defense. Six songs were found stored in its models, with text-and-data-mining

    German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights, rejecting fair use defense. Six songs were found stored in its models, with text-and-data-mining exceptions also dismissed. Source: The Decoder AI https:// the-decoder.com/german-court-r ules-ai-music-generator-suno-…