# Musicians push back against record labels using songs to train AI, Germany court rules Suno breached copyright

> The fight between musicians and AI music companies escalated this month, with a Munich court ruling that Suno infringed copyright in a case brought by the German rights body GEMA. The decision lands as many artists push back against record labels striking AI training deals over their catalogs without clear consent. The tensions run in two directions at once. Artists are angry at AI firms for training on their work, but also at their own labels for negotiating settlements that independent musicians say leave them out. In the United States, the RIAA's lawsuits against Suno and Udio remain in active discovery, meaning the underlying legal questions are far from settled. The stakes reach well beyond music. Rulings like Munich's begin to define whether training generative models on copyrighted material counts as infringement or fair use, a question that shadows every creative industry. For now the message to AI music startups is that the licensing free-for-all is drawing real legal consequences, jurisdiction by jurisdiction.

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## Wortins' read

The fight between musicians and AI music companies escalated this month, with a Munich court ruling that Suno infringed copyright in a case brought by the German rights body GEMA. The decision lands as many artists push back against record labels striking AI training deals over their catalogs without clear consent. The tensions run in two directions at once. Artists are angry at AI firms for training on their work, but also at their own labels for negotiating settlements that independent musicians say leave them out. In the United States, the RIAA's lawsuits against Suno and Udio remain in active discovery, meaning the underlying legal questions are far from settled. The stakes reach well beyond music. Rulings like Munich's begin to define whether training generative models on copyrighted material counts as infringement or fair use, a question that shadows every creative industry. For now the message to AI music startups is that the licensing free-for-all is drawing real legal consequences, jurisdiction by jurisdiction.

## Source

[Read the full story at Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-06/musicians-rebel-against-studios-using-their-songs-to-train-ai)

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