Elvis Presley Rights Owners Sue Suno Over AI Voice Cloning: ‘Elvis’ Identity Was Stolen’
Categoria: Musica
The singer's legendary voice is at the center of a cutting-edge lawsuit that aims to hold the AI firm legally liable for allowing users to create knockoff vocals.
Por Billboard | 07/11/2026
The owners of Elvis Presley ’s intellectual property are suing Suno in a new lawsuit that claims the artificial intelligence music company violated the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s likeness rights by stealing his voice. Weeks after suing AI giant Anthropic for training Claude on Elvis songs, the new case filed Friday (Nov. 6) by Elvis Presley Enterprises levels similar copyright accusations against Suno, the leading AI music firm. But it also includes legally-novel allegations that Suno broke the law by letting users clone Presley’s “unmistakable and iconic voice.” Related Anthropic Sued For Stealing Elvis Presley Music to Train AI: ‘Deeply Protective of These Iconic Songs’ Suno Says Jason Isbell Lawsuit Over Artist ‘Identities’ Must Be Dismissed: ‘Nothing Unlawful About That’ Reservoir Sues Suno & Anthropic in Latest Lawsuits Over AI Music: ‘Meant to Replace the Artists’ “All of the humanity, history, despair, and triumph that constitutes Elvis’ identity was stolen and is stored on servers and harnessed by Suno to make massive amounts of money,” writes Richard Busch, a veteran music litigator at the firm Adams & Reese who filed the case. “Suno did so intentionally, maliciously, and fraudulently to financially benefit itself and artificially compete with Elvis’ likeness and copyrights, and continues to do so to this day.” The new lawsuit marks one of the first major cases under a new Tennessee law, coincidentally called the ELVIS Act, that was recently enacted to address problems caused by AI. The first-in-the-nation statute was touted as a weapon against people who create illegal deepfakes, but it also allows for lawsuits against tech firms that enable such voice and image cloning in the first place. Taken together with the Anthropic case, the suits over Elvis represent easily most significant action filed on behalf of an individual musician over AI — in this case, arguably the most famous recording artist of all time. Suno and Anthropic were already facing cases from music labels accusing them of infringing millions of copyrighted songs to train their models, as well as a class action by smaller artists who similarly say Suno stole their likenesses. Friday’s lawsuit was filed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, a unit of the licensing giant Authentic Brands Group that controls the intellectual property tied to Elvis, including much of his song catalog and the rights to his name, image and likeness. In a statement to Billboard on Saturday, ABG spokeswoman Lark-Marie Antón said the new lawsuit and its evidence “speak for themselves.” “The name, image, likeness, and music of Elvis Presley are among the most valuable intellectual property assets in the world,” Antón said. “We protect those rights vigorously.” A spokeswoman for Suno did not immediately return a request for comment on Saturday. The loom