【视频】猫王版权方起诉AI音乐公司Suno：指其克隆猫王嗓音 涉田纳西州《ELVIS法案》
据Billboard与Variety11月7日报道，埃尔维斯·普雷斯利（猫王）的音乐权利方已向加州北区联邦法院起诉人工智能音乐生成公司Suno，指控其允许用户克隆猫王的嗓音生成新歌，侵犯版权并盗用其身份。诉讼于11月6日提交，诉状共51页。
原告包括Authentic Brands Group旗下的Elvis Presley Enterprises、Raleigh Music Publishing等权利方。诉状称，Suno未经许可使用猫王的录音训练模型，点名的歌曲包括《Can't Help Falling in Love》《Don't Be Cruel》《All Shook Up》与《Return to Sender》；当用户在生成歌曲时点名猫王，平台便在利用其身份牟利，原告称猫王的「身份被偷走了」。
这是田纳西州2024年《ELVIS法案》面对的首批大案之一。该法全称为《确保肖像、声音与形象安全法》，把个人的声音——包括模拟出来的声音——列为受保护的权利。原告律师Richard Busch等人在诉状中称，Suno把艺术家的身份、辛勤工作、创造力与时间「机械地编码进自身」，换来「源源不断的现金流」。
同一天，说唱歌手Eminem众多录音的出版方Eight Mile Style也在同一法院另行起诉Suno，指控其允许用户生成模仿Eminem歌曲与歌词的作品。Eminem本人未参与该诉讼；两案由同一律师团队代理。
Suno尚未向法庭提交答辩。该公司此前在另一起音乐人诉讼中否认相关指控，称要求生成「某位艺术家风格」的歌曲并不违法。本案尚无裁决。
诉状点名的录音之一《Can't Help Falling in Love》，可在猫王官方频道发布的官方版本中听到。
（来源：Billboard）
[Video] Elvis Presley Rights Owners Sue AI Music Maker Suno Over Voice Cloning Under Tennessee's ELVIS Act
Elvis Presley's music rights owners have sued the artificial-intelligence music generator Suno in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing it of letting users clone the King's voice to make new songs, Billboard and Variety reported on November 7. The 51-page complaint was filed on November 6.
The plaintiffs include Elvis Presley Enterprises, a unit of Authentic Brands Group, Raleigh Music Publishing and other rights holders. The complaint says Suno trained its models on Presley's recordings without a license — naming tracks including "Can't Help Falling in Love," "Don't Be Cruel," "All Shook Up" and "Return to Sender" — and exploits his identity whenever users cite his name to generate songs. The plaintiffs say Presley's identity "was stolen."
The case is one of the first major tests of Tennessee's ELVIS Act, the 2024 Ensuring Likeness, Voice and Image Security Act, which made a person's voice — real or simulated — a protected right. Attorneys for the plaintiffs, led by Richard Busch, argue in the filing that Suno has "mechanically encoded itself with artists' identities, hard work, creativity and time," and harnessed them for "a consistent conveyor belt of cold hard cash."
The same day, Eight Mile Style, the publisher controlling hundreds of Eminem recordings, filed its own suit against Suno in the same court, alleging users can generate songs and lyrics mirroring the rapper's tracks. Eminem is not personally participating in that suit. The same legal team represents both plaintiff groups.
Suno has not yet filed a response in court. In a separate musicians' lawsuit, the company has denied similar allegations, saying there is nothing unlawful about asking for a song in the vein of an artist. No ruling has been made in the Presley case.
"Can't Help Falling in Love," one of the recordings named in the complaint, can be heard in the official version published by Presley's official channel.
(Source: Billboard)
来源：Billboard
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图片来源：图：位于田纳西州孟菲斯的猫王故居Graceland。Maha摄，CC BY 2.5，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Graceland, Elvis Presley's home in Memphis, Tennessee. Photo by Maha, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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