Month: August 2026

Copying an AI‑Enhanced Track Is Still Infringement

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Hypo: You record a song with your melody, your lyrics, your voice, and your arrangement. You feed that sound recording into an AI system. The AI analyzes everything and synthesizes a new sound recording that copies you perfectly and simply improves the take. Your tune is still there, your voice is still there, your melodic contour is still there, and the arrangement is now hipper. It is clearly derived from your copyrighted recording. Now someone Continue reading Copying an AI‑Enhanced Track Is Still Infringement→

Suno ToS Changes Sept 2026: What Matters Specifically for Creators

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  • You still own your lyrics/melodies. Your human‑authored inputs remain your copyright.
  • You do not own the AI voice or performance. Suno’s vocal models and “performances” are not copyrightable by you.
  • Suno keeps a perpetual license to your outputs. You can use them commercially, but Suno can also store/analyze them.
  • Hard ban on imitating real artists. No generating vocals that resemble identifiable singers.
  • Training rights clarified. Your inputs/outputs can be used to improve Suno models unless an opt‑out exists.
  • Commercial use allowed — but conditional. No impersonation, no persona misuse, no trademark problems.

AI and Fair Use Update

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Originally published April 6, 2025 AI in the World of Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law. Updated August 17, 2026 by Elliot Zimmerman. When this article first ran, not a single U.S. court had squarely decided whether training an artificial intelligence model on copyrighted works is fair use. Sixteen months later, three federal judges have ruled on the question, a federal appeals court has heard the first appeal, the largest copyright settlement in American history has Continue reading AI and Fair Use Update→