Reservoir sues Suno and Anthropic over alleged copyrighted music use in AI training
Reservoir Media Management filed two lawsuits on October 21 against Suno and Anthropic, seeking a combined $338 million in damages. The company alleges Suno scraped 1,050 copyrighted songs—including works by Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, and Madonna—to train its AI song generator. Anthropic is accused of using lyrics from 853 songs, including Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi and Billy Strayhorn’s Lush…
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- Reservoir sues Suno for $186.4M over scraping 1,050 copyrighted songs, including Madonna and Cash works
- Anthropic faces $151.4M lawsuit for allegedly training Claude on lyrics from 853 songs, per Reservoir
- Both companies deny allegations, but Suno admitted scraping open-internet music in a prior court filing
Both lawsuits claim the companies violated copyright by circumventing paywalls and stripping song credits. Reservoir’s CEO, Golnar Khosrowshahi, warned that unchecked AI exploitation of creative work threatens the industry. This follows a $1.5 billion settlement Anthropic reached over allegations of training on pirated books and a separate lawsuit over 274 Elvis Presley songs. Suno also faces multiple copyright cases, including one from Sony and Universal Music Group. The AI music industry faces growing scrutiny as lawsuits pile up, with over 145 copyright cases tracked by the AI Lawsuit Tracker.
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Anthropic, Suno Sued for Unlawfully Using Songs by Madonna, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell
cnet.com · 27 October 2026
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