GEMA has achieved another landmark victory in its legal dispute with SUNO, a U.S. provider of AI-generated audio content. The Munich Regional Court has ruled that by training its AI systems on world-famous songs from GEMA’s repertoire in the USA, and also by storing and reproducing them in Europe, SUNO is in breach of both U.S. and German copyright legislation. Thus the court has agreed with GEMA’s contention: that both the exploitation and reproduction of musical works from the GEMA repertoire require a licence, and that AI service providers must pay the creators appropriate remuneration. The ruling marks GEMA’s second legal victory in proceedings against providers of AI tools and services. Back in November 2025, the Regional Court also ruled in GEMA’s favour in a lawsuit brought against OpenAI.

In collaboration with multiple partners, GEMA has just launched a curated, customisable music dataset for AI tool providers: PLAI by GEMA. The dataset was developed specifically for training AI applications, combining high-quality music data with the rights required to use it. PLAI by GEMA is the first product of its kind in Europe: the scalable dataset bundles sound files, comprehensive metadata, copyright and master rights in a single-source solution. The product is aimed at providers of AI music tools for assisting music creators through the production process whose output does not compete with the works used for AI training purposes.

The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) today announced the launch of AVR+, the first fully documented and machine-readable technical format designed to transform how music data is shared and processed across the global audiovisual industry, helping ensure that creators are more accurately identified and fairly paid.