Yes. Manoel do Exu has 8 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 8

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 A Moça de Negro, Salve Maria Padilha, Abre Essa Cova

Listed under the artist name 8 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

A Moça de Negro

Listed as Manoel do Exu – A Moça de Negro (Pontos de Maria Padilha) · Watch on YouTube

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Salve Maria Padilha

Listed as Manoel do Exu – Salve Maria Padilha (Pontos de Maria Padilha) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video GDHFI2Uhvxc · row GDHFI2Uhvxc

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Abre Essa Cova

Listed as Manoel do Exu – Abre Essa Cova (Pontos de Maria Padilha) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video IjlF7sXnfKE · row IjlF7sXnfKE

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A Inquisição Condenou

Listed as Manoel do Exu – A Inquisição Condenou (Pontos de Maria Padilha) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video TUJD7jXvc74 · row TUJD7jXvc74

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Maria Padilha Tem um Defeito

Listed as Manoel do Exu – Maria Padilha Tem um Defeito (Pontos de Maria Padilha) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video XClAvwkEFxs · row XClAvwkEFxs

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Ela É Rainha

Listed as Manoel do Exu – Ela É Rainha (Pontos de Maria Padilha) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video Xzing3FIk0M · row Xzing3FIk0M

LAION-DISCO-12M

Não Mexa Com Ela

Listed as Manoel do Exu – Não Mexa Com Ela (Pontos de Maria Padilha) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video _EeYGjXxkMo · row _EeYGjXxkMo

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A Catacumba

Listed as Manoel do Exu – A Catacumba (Pontos de Maria Padilha) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video x8ulskjl1Ck · row x8ulskjl1Ck

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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

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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.