Lawsuit? What lawsuit? Suno thumbs nose at majors as it launches mobile app
With Suno facing the mother of all copyright lawsuits, the AI music company is riding the wave of publicity brought by its legal woes and has launched its first mobile app - only available to iPhone users in the USA - which allows users to create songs from text or audio?
Suno, the music AI company recently sued by the major labels for copyright infringement, has launched its first mobile app.?
CEO Mikey Shulman announced the release, saying he is “THRILLED” to launch the app, while also bragging that Suno’s generative AI tool would now be “in your pocket wherever inspiration should strike”. Providing that you’re using an iPhone and you’re in the US that is - although an Android app and global rollout are both promised.
That’s also assuming that the litigation launched by the labels does not ultimately destroy the AI business. Although for now, ironically, the record industry’s legal action and the resulting media coverage has, if anything, provided something of a profile boost for Suno. Which is similar to what happened in the early 2000s when the labels started suing file-sharing platforms.?
In a blog post bigging up the launch, Shulman emphasises Suno’s ambitions, saying, “We’re on a mission to build a future where everyone can make and share music. We prize originality, both in how we build our product and in how people use it”.
In terms of what can be done with the iOS app, Suno says users can “make songs from text”, “record audio with your phone and turn it into a song” and “listen to and curate music you love from other creators”.?
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