The biggest music theft in history

"Suno makes high-quality music creation accessible to all" says the service on its website, and with just a few clicks, the service generates full tracks that sound like music you know. But Suno is trained on Danish music, without authorisation and without payment. Koda wants to put a stop to this theft.

"Artificial intelligence has great potential and can serve as an inspiring and creative tool. But in this case, an American tech company has stolen the Danish music heritage with its eyes wide open and is now using it to build their own competing business. It's not innovation - it's the biggest music theft in history. It's illegal, and it's a threat to the economy of Danish music and our shared culture," says Koda CEO Gorm Arildsen to Koda.dk

Artist spokesperson Sara Indrio supports Koda's efforts:

"Koda is taking an important step here because the courts will give us insight into where the boundaries of the law should be set in a new area. Rights protection is necessary for artists' control over their own works, ideas and performances in these new AI times. This includes protecting our earnings, but also our artistic identity and even our body and brand. AI is already pulling the value of artistic content away from artists and music creators, and it takes strong organisations to fight against Big Tech and new AI companies. As music artists, we create unique music every day that AI is trying to capitalise on. AI should be used wisely, not as a tool for the few to cheat artists," she says.

"Our talent is in the machines"

Artist and frontman of D-A-D Jesper Binzer recognises one of the band's own songs in the machine, he tells Koda's website:
"We shouldn't be afraid of new technology, but here Suno has directly taken songs that belong to others and put them into their machine. In our case, "Sleeping My Day Away". It's just crazy. It's our talent that's in the machines. It's simply our talent that Suno has taken. It's blood, sweat and tears," says Jesper Binzer on koda.dk

Koda proves Suno's illegal use

In the lawsuit, Koda presents concrete evidence that Suno has stolen "Barbie Girl" by Aqua, "A Beautiful Life" by Christopher, "Final Song" by Mø, "Sleeping My Day Away" by D-A-D, "Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior and "Sunshine Reggae" by Laid Back. None of the songwriters behind the songs in question have been asked for permission or received payment from the US tech company.

See Koda's examples of music theft: Music generated by Suno

Suno worth over DKK 3 billion

In last year's investment round, Suno was valued at 500 million dollars - over 3 billion Danish kroner. Suno is currently catching up with more investments and is expected to be valued at USD 2 billion, equivalent to almost DKK 13 billion.

Read more about the case at koda.dk