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==== Music and lyrics ====
==== Music and lyrics ====
* ''[[UMG Recordings Inc v DistroKid LLC|UMG Recordings, Inc. v. DistroKid, LLC]]'' (D. Del.) — Labels allege copyright infringement and deceptive distribution of AI-generated music.
* ''[[SOCAN v Suno Inc|SOCAN v. Suno Inc.]]'' (Fed. Ct., Can.) — Canada’s music-rights organization alleges that Suno infringes performing rights by generating and streaming outputs that replicate songs in SOCAN’s repertoire; the Federal Court of Canada action was filed September 2, 2026.
* ''[[SOCAN v Suno Inc|SOCAN v. Suno Inc.]]'' (Fed. Ct., Can.) — Canada’s music-rights organization alleges that Suno infringes performing rights by generating and streaming outputs that replicate songs in SOCAN’s repertoire; the Federal Court of Canada action was filed September 2, 2026.
* ''[[Sony Music Publishing et al v Anthropic PBC et al|Sony Music Publishing et al. v. Anthropic PBC et al.]]'' (N.D. Cal.) — Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, and affiliated publishers allege Anthropic copied protected lyrics and sheet music through torrenting, scraping, model training, and Claude outputs; copyright and copyright-management-information claims were filed August 28, 2026.
* ''[[Sony Music Publishing et al v Anthropic PBC et al|Sony Music Publishing et al. v. Anthropic PBC et al.]]'' (N.D. Cal.) — Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, and affiliated publishers allege Anthropic copied protected lyrics and sheet music through torrenting, scraping, model training, and Claude outputs; copyright and copyright-management-information claims were filed August 28, 2026.