Presley Rights Holders and Eminem Publisher Sue Suno
Two federal complaints cover 1,128 compositions between them; the Presley case adds a first-of-its-scale test of Tennessee's ELVIS Act against a voice-cloning tool.
Elvis Presley's rights holders and Eminem's publisher sued Suno on November 6 in federal court.
The companies that control Elvis Presley's music and Eminem's publishing sued AI music generator Suno in federal court on Friday.
Two complaints filed November 6, 2026, in the Northern District of California accuse Suno of training on 859 Presley compositions and 269 Eminem compositions, with the Presley case adding a voice-imitation claim under Tennessee's ELVIS Act. [AudiArtist — Presley rights holders and Eminem publisher sue Suno (November 8, 2026)] [Teck Hustlers — Elvis Presley's estate and Eminem's publisher sue the AI music generator (November 9, 2026)]
The Presley complaint, case 3:26-cv-13398, runs 51 pages and names Elvis Presley Enterprises, ABG EPE IP, Raleigh Music Publishing and several songwriter trusts. It alleges Suno reproduced protected compositions in training and produced infringing outputs, and it goes further than copyright: the plaintiffs say Suno lets users generate music imitating Presley's voice, and they sue under Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness, Voice and Image Security Act, the 2024 ELVIS Act, which can hold the maker of a voice-cloning tool liable, not only the user. Presley Enterprises puts its ELVIS Act damages above $50 million and asks for them trebled. The timing is pointed: on November 3, Suno told a Massachusetts court, in a separate case led by Jason Isbell, that its outputs could not be confused with real artists' performances. [AudiArtist — Presley rights holders and Eminem publisher sue Suno (November 8, 2026)] [Teck Hustlers — Elvis Presley's estate and Eminem's publisher sue the AI music generator (November 9, 2026)]
The second complaint, case 3:26-cv-13399, was filed the same night by Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated, the Ferndale, Michigan publisher that controls 269 Eminem compositions including "Lose Yourself," "Without Me" and "The Real Slim Shady." At the statutory maximum of $150,000 per willfully infringed work, the claim calculates to $40.35 million, plus $672,000 over alleged removal of copyright information. Eminem himself is not a plaintiff. The same legal team, led by attorney Richard Busch, filed both cases. [AudiArtist — Presley rights holders and Eminem publisher sue Suno (November 8, 2026)] [Teck Hustlers — Elvis Presley's estate and Eminem's publisher sue the AI music generator (November 9, 2026)]
Everything in both filings is allegation, not finding, and Suno has not answered in court. A spokesperson, Cat McCormack, told The Verge the company exists to help people create new, original music, not to trade on anyone's name or likeness, and Suno says it blocks prompts naming artists. The cases join a litigation pile that already includes Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Round Hill Music. What makes this pair different is the voice claim: the Presley case is among the first large tests of a state law written specifically to reach AI voice cloning, argued by the estate of the most imitated singer in American music. [AudiArtist — Presley rights holders and Eminem publisher sue Suno (November 8, 2026)] [Teck Hustlers — Elvis Presley's estate and Eminem's publisher sue the AI music generator (November 9, 2026)]
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