Music label companies Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Group sued AI startups Suno and Udio in June, arguing that the companies had trained their AI model by collecting copyrighted material from the internet.
Now, according to Engadget, Suno has confirmed that its AI model was indeed trained on copyrighted material from all three major music companies — but it argues the training counts as “fair use” under US law. This means the use of the material constitutes an exception to copyright regulations.
“It is fair use under copyright law to make a copy of a protected work as part of a technological process, which is invisible to the public, in order to create a new end product that is not infringing,” Suno wrote in a statement.