The 61,026 recordings would carry a theoretical maximum statutory damage of $9 billion, up from around $84 million under the original 560-work complaint.
Suno put that decision in front of Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV in Massachusetts, in a filing submitted by Britt Lovejoy, Suno counsel at Latham & Watkins.
Suno argued that granting the labels' request would deny the company a timely ruling on whether training its AI model on copyrighted music is fair use.