Key holding or allegation
Complaint allegations only; the docket identifies direct infringement, contributory infringement, circumvention and CMI claims.
Why it matters
Potentially important extension of generative-AI copyright liability upstream to scraping and data-supply infrastructure.
Facts
Round Hill alleges unauthorised use of compositions for Suno training and names Bright Data entities as upstream data-acquisition intermediaries, pleading direct and contributory infringement plus DMCA claims.
Issues before the court
Whether AI-training acquisition and scraping infrastructure infringed copyright or circumvented protections, and whether an upstream data provider can incur contributory liability.
What the court did not decide
No infringement, contributory liability, circumvention, CMI or fair-use question has been adjudicated.
Procedural timeline
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Complaint filed: Round Hill sued Suno and Bright Data entities, pleading direct and contributory infringement plus DMCA circumvention and CMI claims arising from alleged training-data acquisition.