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German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyright laws
The Decoder German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights, rejects fair use defense
A Munich court ruled that Suno violated copyrights by training on and reproducing protected songs, rejecting both German data-mining exemptions and U.S. fair use defenses.
Why it matters
This ruling challenges the "fair use" defense for training AI on copyrighted material, potentially forcing developers to pay licensing fees for training data.
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