Canada's SOCAN Sues Suno Over Alleged Unauthorized Copying of Copyrighted Songs

Canada's music rights collecting society SOCAN has filed a lawsuit against AI music platform Suno, alleging it copied copyrighted compositions — including Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" — without authorization. The action marks the third lawsuit brought against Suno by a collecting society, and notably the first to be filed since one of those societies secured a legal win against the company.

The escalating litigation signals growing momentum among rights holders to challenge AI music platforms over training data practices. With a prior collecting society already having prevailed in court, SOCAN's suit arrives at a legally significant moment for the AI music industry.