As reported by TMCnet, on August 18, 2026, Round Hill Music L.P., a prominent music copyright management firm, filed a lawsuit against Suno and Anthropic for copyright infringement. The lawsuit alleges that these two entities utilized musical compositions under Round Hill Music's management without obtaining proper authorization, with the purpose of training their AI models. Furthermore, it is claimed that they duplicated the associated intellectual property on their servers. The musical works in question encompass numerous classic tracks, which collectively boast a streaming volume surpassing 6 billion plays.
