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German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights
The Decoder German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights, rejects fair use defense
A Munich court ruled that AI music generator Suno infringed copyrights during training and output, finding six copyrighted songs stored in its models.
Why it matters
This ruling sets a legal precedent in Europe against using copyrighted music to train AI models and rejects common fair use defenses.
Latest brief · Oct 19, 2026