Sony and UMG sue Suno again, claiming v6 model 'launders' copyright infringement
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-09-25
Sony Music and Universal Music Group have filed another lawsuit against Suno, arguing its new v6 model still infringes their copyrights because it was trained on user outputs from earlier models that were themselves trained on unlicensed music ripped from YouTube and other sources. The labels call this "model laundering": "Training a 'new' model on the outputs of an infringing model does not eliminate the infringement; it launders it." Sony and UMG are notable holdouts that never signed licensing deals with Suno.
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