WSJ Tech News Briefing · Wednesday, September 2, 2026
A group of musicians, led by Jason Isbell, are suing AI music platform Sono, alleging it allows users to generate songs that mimic specific artists by simply typing their names. The lawsuit claims Sono's technology infringes on artists' names, images, and likenesses without permission.
“And the group of musicians led by Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell, is suing AI music platform, Sono, alleging the company allows its users to generate copycat songs based on artists' names without their permission.”
“The artists' lawsuit alleges that Sono's song generator allows users to create music that evokes specific artists by simply typing their names.”
“The lawsuit, which is seeking class action status, focuses on how AI products use and compensate for artists' name, image and likeness, rather than the copyrighted music itself.”