Elvis and Eminem rights holders take Suno to court over AI mimicry

Suno's legal pile keeps growing. A group of rights holders for Elvis Presley's music and the publisher of several of Eminem's biggest records are suing the AI music company, according to The Verge. Both suits claim Suno illegally generates music and lyrics that mimic the artists.

The Presley case hooks onto a Tennessee statute built for exactly this fight: the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act. Lawyers argue Suno violated the law, which bans AI companies from cloning a singer's voice.

In the filing, the Presley team doesn't hold back, accusing the company of mechanically encoding itself with artists' identities, hard work, creativity and time. That framing sits at the heart of the complaint: Suno, they say, swallowed the work and spat out the likeness.

This is far from Suno's first trip to court. The suits land as yet another pair in a widening stack of challenges to how the company trains and generates its music, with artists and rights holders lining up against AI tools that can imitate human voices.

The new complaints target both sides of the same coin: a legend's estate fighting for control of a voice, and a publisher protecting some of the most recognizable records in hip-hop. How the ELVIS Act claim plays out could set the tone for other voice-cloning cases still to come.