AI music startup Suno is facing two new lawsuits filed in November 2026 — one from rights holders of Elvis Presley’s music and another from the publisher of some of Eminem’s biggest records. Both suits allege that Suno illegally generates music and lyrics that mimic those artists.
The Presley lawsuit invokes Tennessee’s Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, a law that makes it illegal for an AI company to clone a singer’s voice. Lawyers representing Presley’s rights holders argue that “Suno has mechanically encoded itself with artists’ identities, hard-work, creativity, and time, and harnessed them all for a consistent conveyor belt of cold hard cash.” They further claim that “Suno’s ravenous race to the bottom aims to make human creativity obsolete, coldly replicating without a license in seconds what takes years to learn, struggle with, maintain, and endlessly attempt to make better and perfect.”
The new suits closely mirror a case filed by musician Jason Isbell and others in September, which also claimed Suno created imitations of the plaintiffs without alleging copyright infringement directly.
Suno spokesperson Cat McCormack told The Verge the company “exists to help people create new, original music, not to trade on anyone’s name or likeness.” McCormack added that Suno prohibits unauthorized use of artists’ work, does not allow prompts for specific artists’ names and songs, and works with third-party providers to screen uploaded audio files and lyrics for potential misuse.
The two new cases add to a growing list of legal challenges Suno is currently facing from Sony, UMG, Isbell, Reservoir Media, and others. The accumulation of lawsuits suggests the legal boundaries around AI-generated music and voice cloning remain sharply contested.
Source: The Verge