AI-musiktjenesten Suno bliver nu sagsøgt for krænkelse af ophavsret af helt specifikke værker - herunder sange som "Barbie Girl" af Aqua, "Final Song" af MØ, "A Beautiful Life" af Christopher, "Sleeping My Day Away" af D-A-D, "Move Your Feet" af Junior Senior og "Sunshine Reggae" af Laid Back.
Ifølge en pressemeddelelse fra KODA bygger søgsmålet på "konkrete beviser". Selvom en sådan retssag måske kan virke mindre betydningsfuld i forhold til organisationens størrelse, skal den ses som en konsekvens af en lignende sag sidste år, hvor RIAA - der repræsenterer selskaber som Universal Music Group, Sony Music og Warner Music Group - sagsøgte SUNO og UDIO for brud på ophavsretten.
For KODA er hovedpunktet, at sangskriverne hverken har givet tilladelse til brugen af deres værker eller modtaget nogen form for kompensation.
"Artificial intelligence has great potential and can serve as an inspiring and creative tool. But in this case, a U.S. tech company has knowingly stolen Denmark's musical heritage and is now using it to build its own competing business. This is not innovation - it is the biggest music theft in history. It is illegal, and it threatens the economy of Danish music and our shared culture," siger Gorm Arildsen, direktør i KODA.
Ifølge KODA's egne rapporter kan AI-genereret musik føre til et indtægtstab på op mod 28% inden for de næste fem år - et tab, der risikerer at dræne musikbranchen for livsvigtig kapital.
"It is completely unacceptable that it takes a lawsuit to make Suno and similar AI services pay for the music they use. If we want to continue having talented artists creating new Danish music in the future, we must protect our music industry and not leave it to cynical tech companies and their algorithms to shape and tell our story. There is an urgent need for political action to ensure that AI music services develop responsibly across the board. We need proper and responsible frameworks, fair payment to artists, and legislation that makes it crystal clear: when you use music to train artificial intelligence and offer an AI service on the market, you must pay for it," siger Nicky Trebbien, juridisk og politisk direktør hos KODA.