A Munich court ruled against AI music company Suno in a copyright case brought by GEMA, Germany's music rights collecting society, on July 31, 2026. The Regional Court of Munich found Suno broke copyright rules and ordered the company to disclose revenue tied to the infringement before damages are calculated. GEMA's case centered on six works: Alphaville's "Forever Young" and "Big in Japan," Boney M.'s "Daddy Cool" and "Rasputin," Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" and Kristina Bach's "Atemlos." In March, the court said it was uncontested that Suno's model had been trained on the six disputed works, and GEMA said it could make Suno generate audio confusingly similar to the originals in melody, rhythm and harmony. The ruling is a first-instance decision, and Suno can appeal. Suno disagreed with the ruling, calling it a fundamental mischaracterisation of how its technology works, and said it was evaluating options, including an appeal. The decision lands in the same Munich court that ruled against OpenAI in November 2025 over song lyrics from GEMA's repertoire. On August 6, TechCrunch reported that Suno would start using audio watermarking and fingerprinting tools and limit downloads.