Two catalogs sued Suno the same day. Eight Mile Style, which controls 269 Eminem songs, filed first on Nov. 6. Presley Enterprises followed hours later, claiming Suno trained on 859 Presley recordings14. Together the two complaints claim 1,128 songs.
The same attorneys filed both suits, in the same San Francisco federal court4. Eight Mile Style wants about $41 million. Presley Enterprises adds a newer legal weapon: Tennessee's ELVIS Act1.
Two Complaints, One Target
Eight Mile Style is a Ferndale, Michigan, publisher. It owns or administers nearly 270 Eminem songs, including "Lose Yourself" and "The Real Slim Shady"1. Its complaint says Suno pulled those songs from streaming sites to train its model.
The publisher's math is simple. It wants $150,000 for each of 269 songs, or $40.35 million. Add $672,000 for stripped copyright data, and the total lands near $41 million8.
Presley Enterprises built a longer case. Authentic Brands Group and Raleigh Music Publishing say Suno copied 859 Presley recordings years before any license existed4. Their 51-page complaint reaches past copyright law.
It invokes Tennessee's ELVIS Act. State lawmakers passed the law in 2024, after AI voice clones of other singers spread online4. The act lets a performer sue anyone who clones their voice for commercial use.
Presley Enterprises' lawyers, led by Richard Busch, wrote the complaint in blunt language. "Suno's ravenous race to the bottom aims to make human creativity obsolete, coldly replicating without a license in seconds what takes years to learn, struggle with, maintain, and endlessly attempt to make better and perfect," they wrote2. "The next Elvis won't pick up a guitar," they added.
Presley's Suno Complaint Claims 590 More Songs Than Eminem's
Songs or recordings each publisher says trained Suno's model, in lawsuits filed Nov. 6, 2026
Each bar is one lawsuit filed Nov. 6; its height is how many songs that complaint says Suno trained on.
Sources: CBS News Detroit [1]; Variety [4]. Chart by Ryan Elliott Dennis.
The numbers behind this chart
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Eminem's publisher | 269 songs |
| Presley's estate | 859 songs |
Suno Says It Already Blocks This
Jason Isbell, David Lowery and two other musicians sued Suno first, on Aug. 31, in Boston federal court9. Their suit leans on Illinois's biometric privacy law. It says Suno captured and stored each artist's voice data to build an identity profile. Users could then invoke that profile with a prompt.
That motion from Suno came Nov. 3, three days before the Eminem and Presley suits3. Its lawyers compared an artist's name to a genre label. "When people describe styles of music, they often use artists' names as shorthand for the genre they perform in," the motion states.
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Reporters got a similar answer about the newer suits. "Suno exists to help people create new, original music, not to trade on anyone's name or likeness, and we prohibit any unauthorized use of an artist's work," a spokesperson said1.
The company also says it blocks the obvious workaround, typing an artist's name straight into a prompt1. Eight Mile Style's complaint answers with a sharper charge. It accuses Suno of circumventing its own protection measures and stripping copyright data from the files it trained on.
Four Suits Pile Up on Suno
Suno's docket now holds four live suits, counting Isbell's and the two filed Nov. 6. Universal Music Group and Sony Music hold a separate, older suit against the company; Suno answered it on Oct. 203. Warner Music Group settled its own $500 million claim a year earlier, trading a lawsuit for a licensing deal56.
Warner's path shows one way a catalog can end up paid instead of waiting on a verdict. Its artists now opt in and collect a cut when their work trains Suno's models6. Suno also picked up the concert app Songkick from Warner as part of the settlement. Robert Kyncl, Warner's chief executive, called the arrangement "a victory for the creative community that benefits everyone."
Money kept arriving while the suits piled up. Suno raised $400 million in June, pushing its valuation to $5.4 billion7. Mikey Shulman, its co-founder and chief executive, built the company on a simple pitch.
"More people should get to experience the joy of making music," he said. Eminem's and Presley's catalogs are now asking for a piece of what that pitch is worth.
Universal and Sony have watched Warner collect a licensing deal instead of a verdict. Their own case against Suno has run since last year, and Suno filed its answer to it on Oct. 203. A ruling for Suno in the Isbell case would hand their lawyers a fresh argument. So would a loss for Eight Mile Style or Presley Enterprises.
Suno Draws Three Music Lawsuits in 67 Days
Federal suits and motions over Suno's AI training, Aug. 31 to Nov. 6, 2026
Each dot is one court filing or motion against Suno, placed on the date it happened.
Sources: CBS News Detroit [1]; Music Business Worldwide [3]; Variety [4]; Music Business Worldwide [9]. Chart by Ryan Elliott Dennis.
The numbers behind this chart
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2026 | Isbell sues Suno |
| Nov. 3, 2026 | Suno moves to dismiss |
| Nov. 6, 2026 | Eight Mile Style sues |
| Nov. 6, 2026 | Presley sues Suno |
What to Do
A publisher weighing its own Suno complaint should read both filings side by side first. Eight Mile Style built its claim on copyright alone, with a fixed per-song number. Presley Enterprises paired copyright with Tennessee's identity law, a combination few catalogs outside that state can file.
Any artist close to a Suno deal should study which model the Warner settlement offers. It swaps years of litigation for an opt-in license and a revenue share. Universal and Sony are weighing that same trade right now, and their answer will tell smaller catalogs what a settlement is worth.
By the Numbers
- 269 songs: Eminem compositions Eight Mile Style says trained Suno's model years before any license existed1.
- 859 recordings: Presley songs named in the separate complaint against Suno4.
- $41 million: Eight Mile Style's claim, built from a $150,000 cap per song plus $672,000 for stripped copyright data8.
- 4 musicians: Jason Isbell, David Lowery, Guy Forsyth and Eduardo Calle, who sued Suno first, on Aug. 319.
- $5.4 billion: Suno's valuation after its $400 million round in June 20267.
- $500 million: the Warner Music Group claim that turned into a licensing deal in November 20255.
What to Watch
Suno's Nov. 3 motion to dismiss Isbell's case is still waiting on a ruling from a Boston judge. The Boston court's decision will test whether a genre description beats a right-of-publicity claim in federal court. Watch whether Presley Enterprises or Eight Mile Style settles the way Warner did, or pushes its own case toward a jury instead.
Sources
- Nicholas Lentz, "AI platform reproduced Michigan music publishers' copyrighted works without authorization, lawsuit says," CBS News Detroit, Nov. 7, 2026, https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/suno-eminem-eight-mile-music-copyright-lawsuit/
- Caleb Catlin, "Elvis Presley Estate Warns 'The Next Elvis Won't Pick Up a Guitar' in New Lawsuit Against AI Music Company Suno," Vice, Nov. 7, 2026, https://www.vice.com/en/article/elvis-presley-estate-warns-the-next-elvis-wont-pick-up-a-guitar-in-new-lawsuit-against-ai-music-company-suno/
- Murray Stassen, "Suno asks court to dismiss Jason Isbell's right-of-publicity class action. It claims artist names are 'shorthand' for musical genres," Music Business Worldwide, Nov. 4, 2026, https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-asks-court-to-dismiss-jason-isbells-right-of-publicity-class-action-it-claims-artist-names-are-shorthand-for-musical-genres/
- Corbin Bolies, "Elvis Music Owners, Eminem Publisher File Sprawling New Lawsuits Against AI Music Generator Suno: 'The Next Elvis Won't Pick Up a Guitar'," Variety, Nov. 7, 2026, https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/elvis-music-owners-eminem-publisher-161526743.html
- Tess Patton, "Warner Music Group Settles $500 Million Suno Lawsuit, Sets AI Partnership," TheWrap, Nov. 25, 2025, https://ca.news.yahoo.com/warner-music-group-settles-500-194041732.html
- Aisha Malik, "Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit," TechCrunch, Nov. 25, 2025, https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/25/warner-music-signs-deal-with-ai-music-startup-suno-settles-lawsuit/
- Suno, "The Next Chapter for Suno," June 3, 2026, https://suno.com/blog/series-d-announcement
- AllHipHop Staff, "Eminem Publisher Demands $41 Million From Suno Over Alleged AI Copying," AllHipHop, Nov. 7, 2026, https://allhiphop.com/news/eminem-publisher-demands-41-million-from-suno-over-alleged-ai-copying/
- Tim Ingham, "Jason Isbell and David Lowery are suing Suno in a class action suit. Importantly, they're hitting Mikey Shulman's company with identity claims, not copyright," Music Business Worldwide, Sept. 1, 2026, https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/jason-isbell-and-david-lowery-are-suing-suno-in-a-class-action-suit-importantly-theyre-hitting-mikey-shulmans-company-with-identity-claims-not-copyright/
