Recordings associated with BTS and Psy are among 60,202 sound recordings that Universal- and Sony-affiliated labels allege Suno copied without permission to train its AI music models.
The labels filed their second lawsuit against Suno on 18 September 2026 in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The complaint seeks damages over recordings they say they own or control.
Suno disputes infringement and argues that its training constitutes fair use. Its 20 October answer acknowledges obtaining YouTube audio for training using YT-DLP. That admission does not establish infringement of every recording claimed in the lawsuit.
Which BTS and Psy Recordings Are Named?
According to Korea JoongAng Daily, the list includes Psy's 'Gangnam Style' and 'Gentleman'. It also includes 'Bad Decisions', by Benny Blanco, BTS and Snoop Dogg, and 'Waste It On Me', by Steve Aoki featuring BTS.
The newspaper also identifies will.i.am's 'Gettin' Dumb', featuring 2NE1. It reports that the list covers recordings for which the labels hold US copyrights or exclusive management rights.
The plaintiffs include UMG Recordings, Capitol Records and Sony Music Entertainment. BTS and Psy are not named as plaintiffs in the docket.
The difference between a recording and a composition matters. This case concerns particular recorded performances, rather than a confirmed count of separate underlying songs.
The 60,202 recordings are the works asserted in this action, not an independently established inventory of Suno's entire training dataset.
How the Labels Identified the Recordings
The labels say discovery in their earlier lawsuit allowed them to examine Suno's training materials. They used audio-identification company Audible Magic to identify recordings within those materials, according to Music Business Worldwide's account of the complaint.
Suno's answer acknowledges the inspection of its source code and training data and the use of Audible Magic. It does not accept the labels' account of the process or their ownership of particular recordings, denying those allegations on insufficient-knowledge grounds.
Identifying a recording in training material and establishing copyright liability are separate questions. The fingerprinting evidence supports the labels' allegations about the dataset. Whether the copying infringed copyright remains contested.
What Suno Says About Its Training
Suno argues that its technology uses recordings to develop a tool that creates new music. Its fair-use defence does not depend simply on whether the source recordings were publicly accessible.
The US Copyright Office explains that fair use requires a case-specific assessment. Courts consider the purpose of the use, the nature of the work, the amount used and the effect on the potential market. Commercial use is relevant but does not automatically defeat the defence.
Suno also acknowledges retaining some training recordings.
It says that is consistent with the labels' earlier preservation demand. Its response does not establish that preservation was the only reason for retention or that all further use ceased, Music Business Worldwide reported.
The labels further allege that v6 inherited the benefits of earlier unlawful copying through generated audio and related data. Suno disputes their case and says v6 used licensed partner content, community creations and preferences, and its team's accumulated learning.
What the Labels Are Seeking
The labels seek statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringed work. Under US law, that higher ceiling requires a finding of willful infringement. It is not an automatic payment for each recording listed in a complaint.
Any award would depend on established liability, eligibility for statutory damages and the court's findings. The recording count alone does not establish the eventual compensation.
The sources reviewed report no infringement ruling in this case.
For the named BTS and Psy recordings, the immediate dispute remains whether the labels can establish infringement and whether Suno's fair-use defence succeeds.
