"These aren’t obscure SoundCloud demos," says this article.
Cannot state strongly enough that the issue would persist even if they WERE obscure SoundCloud demos. Copyright exists independently of whatever financial value the work in question holds.
Millions of copyrighted songs were fed to AI music generators - now there's proof
Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.
Millions of copyrighted songs trained AI music generators, and new searchable databases from The Atlantic now confirm which tracks were used.