Sony plaintiffs allege continued infringement through v6
Sony Music EntertainmentSony Music Entertainment, as a plaintiff in the joint complaint
Sony Music plaintiffs argue that v6 retains the consequences of earlier unlicensed training. Universal plaintiffs join the same allegations.
“Action: Filed a joint complaint alleging continuing infringement through earlier models' outputs, transfer of learned behavior, and retained copies of recordings used in developing v6.”
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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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The labels allege unlicensed copying and continuing infringement through synthetic outputs or transfer from earlier models. These are allegations in a complaint.
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The complaint describes these theories in paragraphs 45-49 and 113.
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The complaint seeks relief for alleged copying and circumvention. Its technical allegations are pleaded on information and belief.
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Sony opposes the training practices at issue. This is one joint filing, also made by Universal plaintiffs.
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