Suno, an AI music generator, is implementing stricter rules to tackle spam and copyright concerns following a recent German court ruling. The court found that Suno used copyrighted songs during its training process and could reproduce them when prompted. The ruling also stated that the U.S. fair use doctrine does not apply to Suno's case. These findings have prompted the company to introduce new measures to address the growing concerns.
Suno’s co-founder and CEO, Mikey Shulman, outlined four guiding principles and new measures in a blog post. The company claims it follows a training strategy called 'Original Creation, By Design' to reduce the risk of unauthorized reproductions. Specifically, Suno says it deliberately omitted artist names from its training metadata. It also states it has never allowed prompts targeting specific artists or copyrighted songs. Additionally, Suno collaborates with third-party services like Audible Magic and Musixmatch to check uploaded audio files and lyrics for potential unauthorized use.
The company acknowledges that its technology should not be abused for mass distribution. Most music created on the platform is personal, Suno says, but it is rolling out new download policies to limit the ability to push songs onto streaming platforms in bulk. The company first announced such a step last year, and in March, a man was convicted after uploading hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs and fraudulently collecting $8 million in royalties. Suno also plans to add transparency tools to help other platforms identify AI-generated songs. Its community guidelines have been made more explicit, banning attempts to replicate existing songs, uploading material without proper rights, and using someone's voice or likeness without permission.
Source: thedecoder
