Eminem’s longtime music publisher has filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence music-generation company Suno, accusing the platform of using the rapper’s copyrighted music without authorization.

On Friday (Nov. 6), Eight Mile Style LLC and Martin Affiliated LLC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that Suno used recordings of 269 Eminem hits, including “Lose Yourself,” “The Real Slim Shady,” “Stan,” “Without Me,” and “Till I Collapse,” as training material for its AI models. Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated LLC claim the songs Suno pilfered were obtained from platforms including YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius without authorization.

In the lawsuit, Eight Mile Style cites a particular instance in which Suno’s technology generated a track reproducing lyrics from Eminem’s Oscar-winning anthem “Lose Yourself” verbatim as evidence of its claims of infringement. The complaint seeks statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringed work, with the publisher pursuing more than $40.35 million over the alleged copyright violations. The plaintiffs also accuse Suno of altering or removing copyright metadata of Eminem songs. Eminem is not listed as a plaintiff in the lawsuit

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