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'''GEMA v. Suno Inc.''' (42 O 763/25) concerns copyrighted musical compositions used by Suno’s AI music generator. On July 31, 2026, Munich Regional Court I’s 42nd Civil Chamber largely granted GEMA’s claims for injunctive relief, information and damages. The court said the judgment was not final.<ref name="gema-court-july31">[https://www.justiz.bayern.de/gerichte-und-behoerden/landgericht/muenchen-1/presse/2026/16.php?kontrast=set Munich Regional Court I, press release 16, July 31, 2026]</ref>

== Procedural history ==
GEMA filed the action on January 21, 2025. An oral hearing originally scheduled for January 26, 2026 was postponed to March 9; that hearing ended without a ruling.<ref name="gema-filing-hearing">[https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/gema-vs-suno-german-court-hears-landmark-ai-music-copyright-case/ Music Business Worldwide, GEMA vs. Suno: German court hears landmark AI music copyright case, March 9, 2026]</ref> Suno was given until April 7 to respond in writing. At the March hearing, Suno challenged jurisdiction and invoked U.S. fair use, disputed recognizable reproduction and argued that its model represented mathematical patterns rather than stored works.<ref name="gema-hearing">[https://haerting.de/en/insights/first-day-of-hearings-in-the-legal-dispute-gema-vs-suno-inc-on-ai-generated-songs/ HÄRTING, First day of hearings in GEMA vs. Suno, March 16, 2026]</ref>

== July 31, 2026 ruling ==
The judgment concerned six compositions, rather than infringement of lyrics. The court found reproduction through training in the United States, memorization in models stored in Germany, and German outputs. It rejected the relevant German text-and-data-mining defense and U.S. fair-use defense, distinguishing cases without substantially similar outputs. These are the German trial court’s findings, not a U.S. appellate ruling.<ref name="gema-court-july31" />

== See Also ==
* [[AI Law Wiki News for July 31, 2026|July 31, 2026 news]]
* [[UMG Recordings Inc v Suno Inc]]
* [[Cases]]

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