Blatant “Sk8er Boi” & “Life Is A Highway” AI Ripoffs Cited In SOCAN’s Lawsuit Against Suno

SOCAN, the Canadian performance rights organization, has filed a lawsuit against generative AI music platform Suno in Canadian federal court, citing blatant AI-generated ripoffs of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" and Rascal Flatts' "Life Is A Highway" as evidence of copyright infringement. The suit adds to existing litigation from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, while Warner Music Group settled by partnering with Suno, and a separate group of musicians including Jason Isbell and David Lowery sued Suno over name rights.

Stella Lefty isn't the only one out here ripping off hit songs https://stereogum.com/2510239/stella-lefty-accused-of-copying-a-third-hit-song/news . Some people are trying to build entire billion-dollar tech businesses out of the practice. Right now, many, many parties are suing Suno, the leading generative AI music platform. Major labels Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are in active litigation against Suno, though Warner Music Group, the other major, settled its own lawsuit by announcing a strategic partnership with Suno last fall. Earlier this week, a group of musicians that includes Jason Isbell and David Lowery filed another Suno lawsuit https://stereogum.com/2510079/jason-isbell-david-lowery-more-sue-suno-for-violating-rights-of-publicity/news , this one over name rights rather than copyright infringement. Now, the performance rights organization SOCAN is presenting its own lawsuit and citing strange ripoffs of some big hits in Canadian federal court. The post Blatant “Sk8er Boi” & “Life Is A Highway” AI Ripoffs Cited In SOCAN’s Lawsuit Against Suno https://stereogum.com/2510250/blatant-sk8er-boi-life-is-a-highway-ai-ripoffs-cited-in-socans-lawsuit-against-suno/news/ appeared first on Stereogum https://stereogum.com .