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Suno, an AI music startup founded by Mikey Shulman, recently secured a $250 million financing round that values the company at $2.45 billion. The funding comes as the firm faces lawsuits from the three major record labels, the RIAA and several independent artists over alleged unauthorized training of its model on copyrighted material. Suno’s flagship product, the Create feature, generates full tracks from text prompts, while its newer Studio offering mimics a digital audio workstation. Critics argue the technology bypasses artistic skill and could devalue recorded music, and they note the premium pricing of Suno’s Premier plan compared with established DAWs. Ler mais

Major record labels, led by the Recording Industry Association of America, have escalated a lawsuit against AI music generator Suno, accusing the company of illegally ripping songs from YouTube to train its generative models. The amended complaint, filed on September 19th, alleges Suno used code to download copyrighted tracks from Universal, Sony and Warner, bypassing YouTube’s rolling cipher encryption and violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Suno, which has not disclosed its training data, claims fair‑use protection, but the plaintiffs seek statutory damages of $2,500 per act of circumvention and up to $150,000 per infringed work. Ler mais