Elvis Presley's Rights Holders and Eminem's Publisher Sue Suno, Testing Tennessee's AI Voice-Cloning Law

Most AI music lawsuits so far have argued about what went into the model. The Presley complaint against Suno also argues about what comes out: songs it says mimic Elvis Presley's "rich vocal timbre", which it says breaks a Tennessee law written for exactly that.

The two suits#

A group of Elvis Presley rights holders, including Elvis Presley Enterprises, ABG EPE IP and Raleigh Music Publishing, sued Suno in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on November 6, according to the court docket (case 3:2026cv13398). Variety reports the 51-page filing accuses Suno of copyright infringement and of exploiting Presley's identity when users cite his name, and claims violations of Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, a 2024 law aimed at AI voice cloning.

Eight Mile Style, which controls hundreds of Eminem recordings including "Lose Yourself" and "Without Me," filed its own case alleging Suno lets users generate songs and lyrics that mirror the rapper's tracks, Variety reports. Eminem is not individually participating. Both complaints include examples of generated songs the plaintiffs say sound like Presley or replicate Eminem's lyrics, and the same attorneys, including Richard Busch, represent both, according to Variety. Engadget reported the suits on November 8, citing Variety.

Suno's answer#

"We do not allow prompts for specific artists' names and songs and work with third party providers to screen uploaded audio files and lyrics for potential misuse," a Suno spokesperson told Variety, adding that Suno prohibits "any unauthorized use of an artist's work." In a separate proposed class action led by singer Jason Isbell, plaintiffs argue users get around those limits with indirect prompts; Suno has denied those allegations.

The Presley group is already suing elsewhere: last month it sued Anthropic over 274 songs it says were used to train Claude. Suno also still faces suits from Universal Music Group and Sony Music, while Warner Music Group settled last year, Variety reports.

Limits#

• These are allegations in complaints; Suno has not yet answered them in court in anything we read.
• We read the Presley docket entry and press accounts, not the complaints themselves, and have not seen the Eight Mile Style docket.
• Damages figures reported elsewhere for the Eight Mile Style case were not in the sources we could read, so we have left them out.

Sources#

• Justia Dockets: Elvis Presley Enterprises, LLC et al v. Suno, Inc., 3:2026cv13398, N.D. Cal. (filed November 6, 2026)
• Variety: Elvis Music Owners, Eminem Publisher File Sprawling New Lawsuits Against AI Music Generator Suno (November 7, 2026)
• Engadget: Suno AI music generator sued again for copyright infringement (November 8, 2026)