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

_Legal · published 2026-09-02_

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.

## Sources
- [Music Business Worldwide](https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/now-canada-socan-sues-suno-claiming-it-illegally-copied-hits-like-both-sides-now-and-sk8er-boi/)
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