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Germany’s GEMA Sues U.S.-Based Generative AI Company Over Copyright Infringement

German PRO GEMA takes legal action against U.S.-based generative AI company Suno for unlicensed music use, copyright infringement.

Now, GEMA, the German PRO, is also taking legal action against Suno, in a case filed today (Jan. 21) in the Munich Regional Court. “AI providers such as Suno Inc. use our members’ works without their consent and profit financially from them,” said GEMA CEO Tobias Holzmüller in the announcement. Any damages would almost certainly be more modest than they would in the U.S., but the case could establish whether AI companies need to license copyrighted works for software training purposes.

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