Authentic Brands Group sues Suno over Elvis clone under ELVIS Act

The Presley filing is the first prominent use of the ELVIS Act against an AI music generator, and it rests on a concrete demonstration: the complaint says Suno produced an Elvis clone as recently as last month from a prompt whose lyrics simply included his name. That makes the case about prompts and outputs rather than about training data alone.

Suno's defense draws a line between imitating a style and trading on a name. It says there is nothing unlawful about asking for a song in the vein of an artist, and that it prohibits unauthorized use of an artist's work. How a court reads that line will shape what prompts music generators can accept.

The timing matters. These suits arrive about two months after UMG and Sony's second Suno complaint and roughly a week after UMG's Udio settlement, while Suno has not settled with the majors. That leaves a state likeness claim running alongside the labels' copyright fight — a second front that could move on a different legal timeline.