The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has ushered in a new era of innovation across various sectors. However, this progress has also led to significant legal challenges, particularly in copyright law. These cases underscore the growing tension between AI development and intellectual property (IP) rights, highlighting the need for clear legal frameworks to address these emerging issues.

人工智能的快速崛起影響諸多區塊，因此導致訟爭的發生，特別是在著作權法領域。這些訟爭使得人工智能與智慧財產權間變得緊張起來，凸顯出需要明確的法律框架以處理日益浮出的爭議。

On June 24, 2024, Sony, Universal, Warner Music, and several other record labels, part of the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) (collectively referred to as "the Plaintiffs”), initiated two groundbreaking lawsuits. They filed separate suits against Suno and Udio, two AI music-generating systems, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the District Court for the Southern District of New York, respectively. These lawsuits mark the first legal actions against music-generating AI systems, which create music in response to a user’s text prompt and allow users to upload their audio files onto commercial streaming platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify. These cases are part of a recent trend of copyright owners seeking protections over the use and profit others make from their work.

2024.06.24.索尼、環球、華納音樂及其他唱片公司（以下稱原告）提起劃時代的訴訟。他們分別在美國麻薩諸塞州地區法院及紐約南區法院對Suno與Udio等兩家人工智能公司之音樂生成系統提告。這是首次對人工智能音樂生成系統提起的訴訟，該生成系統可透過使用者以文字生成音樂並可將其聲音檔案上傳至像Apple Music及Spotify等商業串流平台。以上訴訟乃著作權人就他人利用其著作獲利尋求保障之最新趨勢。

The Plaintiffs’ causes of action stem from the U.S. Copyright Act, specifically alleging copyright infringement in violation of 17 U.S.C. § 106 and copyright infringement of pre-1972 copyrighted recordings in violation of 17 USC §1401. The complaints state that “there is nothing that exempts AI technology from copyright law or excuses AI companies from playing by the rules. This lawsuit seeks to enforce these basic principles.”原告請求權基礎為美國著作權法17 U.S.C. § 106及17 USC §1401（係針對1972年以前有著作權之錄音物）；原告在這些訴訟主張：沒有任何人工智能公司可豁免於著作權法之外，人工智能亦不得玩弄法則作為藉口。

In both complaints, Plaintiffs support their claims by providing examples of original copyrighted songs such as “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson, “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry, and “The Thrill is Gone” by B.B. King, which they allege the AI music generators used to produce songs that “have a striking resemblance” to the songs owned by the record labels. Plaintiffs include as evidence of their allegations the transcriptions of select Suno & Udio outputs and the copyrighted recordings they resemble to illustrate their technical and musical similarities.

於前開兩訴訟中，原告提出原創著作歌曲之例證以主張，人工智能音樂生成器被用來製作之歌曲已與唱片公司擁有的歌曲「實質近似」；原告將挑選出Suno & Udio輸出歌曲拷貝版與其等有著作權歌曲近似作為證據，以此主張技術上與音樂上近似。