https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/jason-isbell-suno-class-action-publicity-rights https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/jason-isbell-suno-class-action-publicity-rights Jason Isbell, David Lowery, Guy Forsyth and Eduardo Calle have sued Suno under state publicity laws and Illinois' biometric privacy law, not copyright. They say Suno's model knows musicians by name and voice. If the theory holds, it gives artists who don't own their masters a claim of their own, though as drafted it favours the famous. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightssunoright-of-publicityai-musiclawsuits https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/07/lehrman-v-lovo-ai-voice-clones-new-york-publicity-law https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/07/lehrman-v-lovo-ai-voice-clones-new-york-publicity-law A federal judge in Manhattan has let two voice actors pursue New York publicity, consumer-protection and contract claims against Lovo, the AI voice company they say cloned them, while dismissing most of their trademark and copyright claims. This was a ruling on a motion to dismiss, not a win at trial. Its reasoning still matters to singers: in this court's view, copyright in a recording doesn't protect the voice on it, but New York's civil rights law does. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsaivoice-cloningright-of-publicitylawsuits