The Munich Regional Court ruled on August 5, 2026, that AI music generator Suno infringed copyright by using musical works represented by German rights society GEMA without authorization for AI training. The court found that Suno’s outputs reproduced protected compositions and ordered the company to halt the infringing conduct, disclose revenue data, and pay monetary compensation. The decision follows the same court’s earlier ruling against OpenAI and reinforces that copyright holders must authorize the use of their protected works in AI model development regardless of fair-use protections claimed in other jurisdictions.
