Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group (UMG) have filed new legal action seeking to compel music distributor DistroKid to disclose how many AI-generated songs it uploads to streaming services. The labels are focusing on songs made with AI platform Suno, which they are suing separately for alleged copyright infringement.
The labels say DistroKid is a major channel for AI-generated recordings that compete with music created by human artists. They argue the data is important evidence in their case against Suno, which they accuse of training its AI models on millions of songs used without permission. DistroKid has so far refused to provide the requested documents.
The action links the labels’ lawsuit against Suno with UMG’s separate suit against DistroKid over the distribution of what UMG calls AI-generated “slop.” The labels say DistroKid is a unique source for the information because Suno does not track where its output is distributed.