German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights, rejects fair use defense

A Munich court has ruled that the AI music generator Suno infringed on copyrights by incorporating protected works into its training data and reproducing them in its outputs. The court rejected the company's fair use defense and its reliance on German text-and-data-mining exceptions after finding evidence of six copyrighted songs within the model. While the ruling remains subject to appeal, it signals a significant legal challenge for generative AI companies operating within the European Union regarding how they source training material.