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Elvis' rights holders sue Suno, saying a blocked name is no defense if the voice sounds like him

Elvis Presley Enterprises sued Suno under Tennessee's ELVIS Act, which judges a voice by how it sounds, not what was typed. Eminem's publisher sued the same day over 269 songs. Nothing has been decided.

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Suno says it blocks requests for specific artists. Elvis' rights holders say that misses the point, because under Tennessee's ELVIS Act the test is whether a voice sounds like him, not whether anyone typed his name, and creators who score films with generated music are caught in the middle.

Elvis Presley Enterprises and other Presley rights holders sued Suno on Friday, November 6, in federal court in San Francisco. Their complaint says a test on October 7 used no style request at all, only a lyric spelling out his name letter by letter, and still produced two tracks it says carry Elvis' voice. It also says one Elvis-sounding track had more than 125,000 plays when the suit was filed.

The same lawyers filed a second suit that day for Eminem's publisher, Eight Mile Style, which owns his songs and lyrics. That one is about training, not his voice: it says Suno copied 269 Eminem works to build its model. Eminem himself is not a party.

The limits matter. The claim that typing Elvis' name gets his voice is pleaded only on information and belief, the dollar figures are maximum asks, and nothing has been decided. Suno told The Verge it does not allow prompts for specific artists' names and songs.

Our take: a name filter was always a thin defense for a model that learned what famous voices sound like. A clear answer on voices is what lets creators use generated music with confidence.

Source: complaints in Elvis Presley Enterprises v. Suno and Eight Mile Style v. Suno, N.D. Cal., Nov 6, 2026; Suno statement to The Verge, Nov 8, 2026.

Read the full article: thegenerated.com/stories/elvis-eminem-suno-lawsuits-20261109

Provenance — Variety: Elvis music owners, Eminem publisher file new lawsuits against Suno; The Verge: Elvis and Eminem rights holders are suing Suno; CourtListener: Elvis Presley Enterprises v. Suno docket · Status: verified: HIGH (Variety + The Verge + court dockets)
Elvis' rights holders sue Suno, saying a blocked name is no defense if it sounds like him

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Disney picks Adobe for AI, and its characters stay in private models

Disney named Adobe its Official AI Innovation Partner and will get private Firefly Foundry models trained on its characters, environments and styles. The parks tool was announced in June, Disney's quote came from its brand partnerships chief, and no value, term or film title was disclosed.

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Headshot of Becca Vodnoy, senior vice president of Corporate Alliances at The Walt Disney Company, smiling against a light gray background

Disney named Adobe its Official AI Innovation Partner on Monday 9 November, in a multi-year alliance announced alongside Adobe MAX. Adobe will build private Firefly Foundry models trained on Disney characters, environments and visual styles, and gives Disney early access to Firefly, Premiere and Photoshop. Neither company disclosed a value, a term or a film title.

The rule this sets is plain: at Disney, generative AI gets to touch the characters only inside models the studio owns, while the company keeps suing tools that trained on its films without permission. Nothing here opens Disney IP to independent creators. What most coverage missed is who signed it. Disney's quote comes from its head of Corporate Alliances, the brand partnership team, and the deal has Adobe growing its presence across Disney's media platforms. It reads as much like a sponsorship as a technology choice.

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