Danish Rights Group Koda Sues Suno for ‘Biggest Theft in Music History’

Danish rights enactment Koda has filed a suit against AI euphony institution Suno, alleging that it infringed connected copyrighted works from its repertoire — including songs by Aqua, MØ and Christopher. Koda claims that Suno utilized these works to bid its AI models without support and has concealed the scope of what works person been utilized and however they were incorporated.

“We are witnessing the largest euphony theft successful history,” Koda’s announcement of the suit reads. “Suno has stolen Koda’s repertoire and utilized it to make caller tracks – without asking for support and without paying for the use. On this unlawful basis, they person built a concern that produces euphony competing straight with the works they stole from our members.”

This suit echoes akin claims brought past summertime by Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group in their lawsuits against AI euphony firms Suno and Udio. Just past week, Universal and Udio settled their portion of the lawsuit by forming a caller concern that included a “compensatory” statement and a caller licensing operation for a caller mentation of Udio, acceptable to motorboat successful 2026. UMG artists tin enactment and beryllium compensated for their information successful some the grooming and outputs of the model, according to a root adjacent to the deal.

Though determination are reports dating backmost to this summertime that Suno, Udio and the majors are adjacent to reaching settlements, Suno inactive has not announced immoderate agreements with the majors.

The AI euphony company, which tin make realistic songs astatine the click of a button, has besides precocious been sued by different parties for akin reasons excessively — this includes a radical of indie artists successful Illinois, state musician Tony Justice, and German postulation nine GEMA.

“An American tech institution has knowingly stolen Denmark’s philharmonic heritage,” says Gorm Arrildsen, Koda’s CEO. According to the firm’s announcement of the lawsuit, “Koda is committed to the liable improvement and usage of AI arsenic a originative instrumentality successful the euphony industry. But that is acold from the world astatine the moment. A prerequisite for liable AI usage is that euphony creators are paid erstwhile AI services usage their work.”