Reservoir Media Sues Suno and Anthropic Over AI Copyright, Seeking $340 Million
The AI copyright wars just had their biggest week yet, and a music publisher you’ve probably never heard of fired the loudest shots. Reservoir Media filed twin lawsuits on October 21 against Suno and Anthropic, accusing both companies of building their AI businesses on 1,903 songs they never paid for. The combined damages sought: nearly $340 million. Both cases landed in the same courthouse — the US District Court for the Northern District of California — and both were filed by the same lawyer, Richard S. Busch of Adams & Reese. Busch is the litigator who won the famous “Blurred Lines” copyright case for Marvin Gaye’s estate, and he has been on a tear this month: his firm already filed near-identical suits for Round Hill Music against Suno and Anthropic, plus one for Gerencia 360 against Suno. ...