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German court bars Suno imitations of nine songs

A Munich court ordered Suno to stop producing confusingly similar imitations of nine protected songs, including “Forever Young,” “Rasputin,” and “Mambo No. 5.” The ruling reported by Heise accepted GEMA’s argument that the works had been memorized rather than merely used for permissible training, though the judgment can still be appealed. For generative-music builders, the decision adds licensing and output-similarity testing to the product risks already visible in Suno’s eight-minute-song expansion.