Elvis Rights Holders, Eminem Publishers File Separate Suno Suits

Elvis Presley rights holders filed one federal complaint against Suno on November 6, while Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated filed another the same day, according to the Presley-related docket and the Eight Mile Style docket. Both groups accuse the AI music company of copyright violations tied to model training and generated outputs. The Presley complaint also alleges unauthorized use of Elvis Presley’s voice and likeness.

The cases were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California as Elvis Presley Enterprises, LLC et al. v. Suno, Inc., No. 3:26-cv-13398, and Eight Mile Style LLC et al. v. Suno, Inc., No. 3:26-cv-13399. The docket records show complaints and notices of manual lodging, not judicial findings on liability. The claims and requested remedies remain allegations for the court to decide.

The Presley complaint alleges that Suno copied 859 compositions for model training and generated unlicensed outputs using Presley’s identifiable voice and likeness. It pleads five causes of action: claims under Tennessee’s ELVIS Act and common-law right of publicity, direct copyright infringement, circumvention under Section 1201 of the Copyright Act, and removal or alteration of copyright-management information under Section 1202.

Those plaintiffs ask for declarations, an injunction, an accounting, impoundment or destruction of allegedly unauthorized material, damages and fees. The complaint calculates potential statutory copyright damages of up to $128.85 million for the 859 works. The court has not awarded that amount.

The Eight Mile Style complaint alleges that Suno copied 269 Eminem compositions for training, circumvented access controls, removed copyright-management information and generated outputs containing protected lyrics and musical elements. It pleads direct copyright infringement and claims under Sections 1201 and 1202, and calculates up to $40.35 million in statutory copyright damages. No award has been made. Eminem, whose legal name is Marshall Mathers, is not listed as a plaintiff.

Together, the complaints put related but distinct theories before the same federal district: both challenge alleged copying for AI training and outputs, while the Presley case adds claims focused on an artist’s voice and likeness.