Universal plaintiffs allege continued infringement involving v6
UMG Recordings, Inc.UMG Recordings, Inc., plaintiff in the joint complaint
UMG Recordings and fellow Universal plaintiffs join the allegations that v6 continues infringement through earlier models or retained recordings.
“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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Universal plaintiffs oppose the training and copying practices challenged in the case.
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