Suno rejects the new copyright claims

SunoCompany statement reported by Music Business Worldwide on September 22

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Suno disputes the new lawsuit and says v6 combines licensed content with community creations and preference signals.

“These claims remain fundamentally flawed on both the facts and the law”

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Open source (opens in a new tab)Suno responds to the new Sony and Universal lawsuitCompany response in opening paragraphs

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Where this statement fits

Suno says v6 was built from scratch; Sony and Universal allege continuing infringement

Suno describes v6 as trained from scratch and disputes a new copyright lawsuit. Sony and Universal plaintiffs allege that training on earlier models' outputs or transferring their learned behavior continues the infringement they allege against those models.

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Suno responds to the new Sony and Universal lawsuit (opens in a new tab)Company response in opening paragraphs

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Suno disputes the claims and says v6 uses licensed content, community creations and preference signals.

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Before the quotation

The statement responds to the labels' September 18 lawsuit.

After the quotation

Suno describes its training inputs and argues that its service enables people to make new music.

How this statement is classified

Defended or excused

The label describes this statement's response within the context above.

Why this label?

The company defends the challenged training and rejects the infringement claims.

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The Dispute Index. "Suno rejects the new copyright claims". First published: 2026-11-02. Last updated: 2026-11-02. https://disputeindex.com/events/7666-suno-disputes-the-new-lawsuit-and-says-v6