Elvis and Eminem rights holders take Suno to court

Two lawsuits say the AI music company reproduces voices and lyrics without permission — and one leans on Tennessee's ELVIS Act.

Suno is facing another round of lawsuits over the music its AI produces. Rights holders for Elvis Presley's catalog and the publisher behind some of Eminem's biggest records have filed separate cases, arguing that the company generates music and lyrics that imitate the artists without permission.

The Presley suit leans on a law written for exactly this moment. Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, better known as the ELVIS Act, makes it illegal to clone a singer's voice with AI. Lawyers for the estate argue that Suno has built its business on the identities and creative work of performers — and that its model turns that labor into product. The Eminem publisher's case makes a similar claim about lyrics and recordings.

Suno has already been sued by major record labels, so these filings add to a growing set of cases testing how copyright and likeness rules apply to generative music. The outcomes will reach well beyond one company: they will shape what AI music tools can make, what they must license, and how much say artists have over their own voices.