Eminem Publisher, Elvis Presley Rightsholders Sue Suno Over AI Copyright Claims

Eight Mile Style, the company that controls hundreds of Eminem recordings, and a group of Elvis Presley rightsholders have filed separate lawsuits against AI music company Suno, alleging copyright infringement and unauthorized exploitation of artists’ work and identities.

Eminem claims:

• As reported by Digital Music News, Eight Mile Style filed its lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

• It alleges that Suno trained its AI models on 269 musical compositions without permission or compensation, enabling users to generate songs and lyrics that mirror its copyrighted works.

• The lawsuit provides an example of Suno’s platform generating a song that replicated Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” including lyrics.

• Eight Mile Style is seeking damages that could exceed $40 million.

• It also wants the court to find that Suno infringed its copyright willfully, and order the surrender or destruction of all unauthorized copies of its works that the company possesses.

• Eminem is not individually participating in the lawsuit.

• In 2025, Eight Mile Style sued Meta over allegations that it stored unauthorized copies of 243 of Eminem’s Eight Mile-owned recordings across the music libraries of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, seeking approximately $109 million in damages.

• In June 2026, a federal judge denied Meta’s motion to dismiss the copyright infringement claim, allowing the case to proceed.

Elvis claims:

• The Presley lawsuit is brought by Authentic Brands Group, Raleigh Music Publishing and other Presley rightsholders, also in the Northern District of California.

• As reported by Variety, the lawsuit accuses Suno of copyright infringement and exploiting Presley’s identity.

• The plaintiffs allege that Suno violates Tennessee’s Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act by allowing users to generate tracks mimicking Presley’s distinctive vocals and exploiting his identity through prompts referencing his name.

• It follows a lawsuit filed by Authentic Brands Group and other Presley publishers against Anthropic in October, alleging copyright infringement and the unauthorized use of lyrics from 274 Presley recordings to train its Claude AI chatbot.

Suno’s response:

• A company spokesperson said Suno is designed to help users create new, original music, not exploit artists’ identities. The spokesperson added that the platform prohibits unauthorized use of artists’ work and employs safeguards to prevent misuse.