Overview
- The Landgericht München I on July 31, 2026, largely sided with rights group GEMA and ordered Suno to stop unlicensed use of six compositions and to provide accounting for profits tied to those works.
- The court found that Suno’s training and model outputs showed 'memorization' of protected melodies after GEMA used targeted prompts to generate near-identical versions of the songs.
- Judges rejected Suno’s reliance on U.S. fair‑use law and affirmed German jurisdiction over the case, saying national courts can hear claims tied to rights‑collecting societies.
- Suno has said it will consider appeal and other remedies, while the ruling immediately strengthens rights‑holders’ leverage in licensing talks and may prompt more settlements or deals.
- The decision sharpens a wider legal fight over how generative music AI may lawfully use copyrighted works and could lead to higher courts or the European Court of Justice clarifying rules for commercial AI training.