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Elvis Presley Rights Owners Sue Suno Over AI Voice Cloning
Elvis Presley Enterprises has sued AI music company Suno in a case filed in Tennessee on Friday, Nov.
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The company alleges Suno used Presley’s identity without permission and let users make music that imitates his voice.
Elvis Presley Enterprises, part of Authentic Brands Group, controls rights to Presley’s name, image and likeness, as well as much of his song catalog.
The case is among the first major lawsuits under Tennessee’s ELVIS Act, a law that allows legal action against companies that enable AI voice and image cloning.
Suno has argued in other cases that its current models cannot be prompted to copy specific artists, but Presley’s rights owners say that claim is false and point to online examples.
Suno had not responded publicly to the lawsuit as of Saturday, according to the account provided.
The case could test whether AI companies can be held liable for voice cloning; no next steps in the legal process are specified.
Elvis Presley Enterprises has sued AI music company Suno, alleging it unlawfully enabled users to clone Presley’s voice.
The lawsuit, filed Friday, Nov. 6, also accuses Suno of copyright violations and says it used Presley’s identity for financial gain.
The case invokes Tennessee’s ELVIS Act, which allows lawsuits against technology companies that enable voice and image cloning.
Presley’s rights owners say videos show Suno producing songs that sound remarkably similar to him.
Suno has argued in other lawsuits that its models do not let users name specific artists in prompts or produce outputs mimicking specific real voices.
- Who
- Elvis Presley Enterprises, which controls intellectual property tied to Presley, sued Suno.
- What
- The lawsuit alleges copyright violations and unlawful enabling of AI voice cloning.
- When
- It was filed Friday, Nov. 6; the article was published Nov. 7, 2026.
- Where
- The lawsuit was filed in Tennessee. The article does not state a court location.
- Why
- Presley’s rights owners allege Suno used his identity and enabled users to clone his voice for financial gain.
Elvis Presley Enterprises
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Elvis Presley Enterprises
Presley’s rights owners allege Suno enabled users to clone Presley’s voice and included links to videos of songs they say sound remarkably similar to him.
Suno
Suno has argued in other lawsuits that its models do not allow users to name specific artists in prompts or produce outputs mimicking specific real voices.
Elvis Presley Enterprises sued Anthropic, alleging it trained Claude on Elvis songs.
Elvis Presley Enterprises filed its lawsuit against Suno.
Authentic Brands Group spokeswoman Lark-Marie Antón issued a statement to Billboard.
- Plaintiff
- Elvis Presley Enterprises
- Defendant
- Suno
- Filing date
- Friday, Nov. 6
- Relevant law
- Tennessee’s ELVIS Act
- Rights owner
- Authentic Brands Group’s unit Elvis Presley Enterprises
What people are saying
All of the humanity, history, despair, and triumph that constitutes Elvis’ identity was stolen and is stored on servers and harnessed by Suno to make massive amounts of money
We protect those rights vigorously.