Yes. John Denver has 159 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 159

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974), Love Again, Thirsty Boots

Listed under the artist name 159 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974)

Listed as John Denver – Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974) (An Evening With John Denver) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 0iuZQnMUbvg · row 0iuZQnMUbvg

LAION-DISCO-12M

Love Again

Listed as John Denver, Sylvie Vartan – Love Again (The Essential John Denver) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video ZVGhx_DkkPk · row ZVGhx_DkkPk

LAION-DISCO-12M

Thirsty Boots

Listed as John Denver – Thirsty Boots (I Want To Live) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video bgVUMSdu_w0 · row bgVUMSdu_w0

LAION-DISCO-12M

Tenderly Calling

Listed as John Denver – Tenderly Calling (Different Directions) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video cbAIJ-Q635E · row cbAIJ-Q635E

LAION-DISCO-12M

Casey's Last Ride

Listed as John Denver – Casey's Last Ride (Aerie) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video exJrE3WM3oE · row exJrE3WM3oE

LAION-DISCO-12M

It Amazes Me

Listed as John Denver – It Amazes Me (I Want To Live) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video hLQhFcZ0Ha4 · row hLQhFcZ0Ha4

LAION-DISCO-12M

Junk

Listed as John Denver – Junk (Poems, Prayers and Promises) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video j4W0tAQ3Xbo · row j4W0tAQ3Xbo

LAION-DISCO-12M

Late Nite Radio

Listed as John Denver – Late Nite Radio (Windsong) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video kL7lePlfrxI · row kL7lePlfrxI

LAION-DISCO-12M

Summer (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974)

Listed as John Denver – Summer (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974) (An Evening With John Denver) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video rqgrR8caA7I · row rqgrR8caA7I

LAION-DISCO-12M

What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

Is this you?

Check another name

These pages report where identifiers from public research datasets point. Presence in a dataset is a fact about the dataset, not a claim about the channel or artist, and says nothing about what any company did with the material. If you are this artist and want this page removed, see removals.