The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which represents UMG, Sony, and Capitol Records, among other record label heavyweights, sued two generative AI startups, Udio and Suno on Monday, alleging copyright infringement.
These suits not only stoke the fire under copyright litigation that has thrived as a result of the generative AI boom, but also add a new element to the landscape of intellectual property claims that plaintiffs—from artists to newspaper publishers to writers—have brought against AI companies.
