AI Music Lawsuit Tracker
Every major AI music lawsuit in one place: who is suing whom, what each case claims, and where it stands right now. Updated as the cases move.
These are the cases deciding whether AI companies have to pay for the music they train on. Each tracker below carries the current status, the full timeline, and the dated coverage behind every development. A separate question sits underneath all of them: can you copyright AI music in the first place?
AI Music Lawsuit Tracker
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RIAA v. Suno
Partly settled. Warner settled in November 2025. On August 18, 2026 Judge Saylor let Sony and Universal add a DMCA stream-ripping claim over Suno's YouTube downloads, and denied their bid to add 61,026 recordings. The labels filed their First Amended Complaint on August 25, keeping the case at the original 560 recordings.
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Round Hill v. Suno & Anthropic
Both complaints were filed on August 17, 2026 in the Northern District of California. Round Hill has moved to relate the two cases, and Suno and Anthropic each opposed that motion in filings reported on August 27. No answer, ruling or hearing date is public yet, and none of the allegations has been tested in court.
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Artists v. Suno & Udio
Ongoing. On August 26, 2026 Judge Saylor denied Suno's motion to dismiss on the copyright and DMCA counts in Massachusetts, tossing only a Tennessee Consumer Protection Act claim. Nine days earlier Judge Hellerstein kept the same plaintiffs' unfair competition claim against Udio dismissed as preempted, with 30 days to move to amend around voice and identity.
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AFM v. Universal & Warner
The AFM filed a voluntary dismissal notice on August 24, 2026 removing Warner Music Group Corp. from the caption, leaving Warner Records, Atlantic and Universal as defendants. Both majors' dismissal motions remain pending before Judge Ramos.
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Concord v. Anthropic
Ongoing across 2 cases. On August 5, 2026 Anthropic moved to dismiss the output-infringement and DMCA claims in the $3B torrenting case, and Dario Amodei filed separately to drop the direct infringement claim against him personally.
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GEMA v. Suno
Decided: GEMA won on July 31, 2026. Suno must disclose revenues and pay damages; the judgment is not yet final and Suno can appeal.
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RIAA v. Udio
Mostly settled — Universal and Warner settled in late 2025; Sony alone is still litigating, and after a judge blocked its bid to expand the original case, Sony filed a second lawsuit in July 2026 asserting 30,117 recordings.