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# Suno's massive music scraping operation exposed
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/sunos-massive-music-scraping-operation-exposed/
- Published: 2026-07-17T16:13:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-17T16:13:57.000Z
- Description: Suno built its music generation model by ingesting millions of copyrighted songs and lyrics without permission from YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius—a training shortcut that mirrors but amplifies tactics used across the generative AI industry.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-ai, training data, copyright, model development

Source: [Michael Tsai](https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/16/suno-hack-and-audio-scraping/?ref=adjacent.media)

Suno built its music generation model by ingesting millions of copyrighted songs and lyrics without permission from YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius—a training shortcut that mirrors but amplifies tactics used across the generative AI industry. The practice is structural to the product, not incidental. Suno faces potential copyright liability while its users may unknowingly generate derivative works from uncleared sources. This exposes a legal and ethical question that will confront every AI music startup and their investors: whether training-data opacity is sustainable.