Eminem’s publisher sues Suno over alleged use of 269 songs in AI training

Eight Mile Style, a publisher that controls rights to Eminem compositions, has sued Suno over alleged copying that reaches from AI training to generated lyrics. The lawsuit names 269 compositions and seeks damages that could exceed $40 million. Suno says it prohibits unauthorized use and uses safeguards to stop misuse of artists’ work.

The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff is Eight Mile Style, not Eminem personally: FOX 2 Detroit reports that the rapper is not personally involved in the suit. The publisher says it owns or controls the compositions and holds exclusive licensing rights.

The complaint connects training copies to generated lyrics

According to CBS News’ account of the complaint, Eight Mile Style alleges that Suno copied the compositions without permission to train its music-generation model. The publisher places its catalog within a larger allegation: that Suno made unauthorized copies of millions of copyrighted works, then built a service where paying users can generate songs based on those copies.

The complaint also identifies an alleged output, rather than relying only on claims about training data. It describes a track generated for a user under the title “Lose Yourself by Eminem” that allegedly reproduced the song’s lyrics verbatim. That example puts the words returned by the service alongside the publisher’s challenge to how the model was built.

Eight Mile Style further alleges that Suno used a service to scrape millions of songs and lyrics from YouTube Music, Deezer and Genius. CBS says the complaint cites 404 Media for that allegation. The claimed collection route is therefore part of the publisher’s case, not an independently established finding about where all of Suno’s training material came from.

Suno exists to help people create new, original music, not to trade on anyone's name or likeness, and we prohibit any unauthorized use of an artist's work.

Suno, in a written statement to CBS News

Suno points to restrictions on requests and uploads

In its response, Suno described two protections. It says it does not allow prompts for specific artists’ names and songs. It also says it works with third-party providers to screen uploaded audio files and lyrics for potential misuse. The company added that it is strengthening its guardrails and will continue adding safeguards for artists and users.

Those protections concern what users request or upload. Eight Mile Style’s allegations also reach further back, to copies allegedly made to develop the model. The two accounts address different parts of the service: Suno describes controls intended to prevent misuse, while the publisher challenges both the training process and a specific generated result.

The requested remedy goes beyond damages

The lawsuit accuses Suno of direct copyright infringement, circumventing protection measures, and removing or altering copyright management information. That last allegation concerns information identifying or managing rights in a work. These are claims brought by the publisher, not court findings that Suno committed the alleged acts.

Eight Mile Style asks the court to find that the infringement was willful. Alongside damages that could exceed $40 million, it seeks the impoundment or destruction of all unauthorized copies of its works held by Suno. The requested relief thus targets the copies the publisher says the company possesses, as well as financial compensation for their alleged use.