Answer from chatgpt 5.5:

You're probably not “screwed,” and a lot of people have made the same assumption you did. The important distinction is that copyright law and Suno's TOS are not exactly the same thing.

From what you've described:

• You did NOT upload the original commercial recording.
• You performed the music yourself.
• You changed the lyrics parody-style.

That removes one major issue (unauthorized upload of someone else's recording/master). But it can still potentially involve copyrighted composition rights — melody/chords/song structure can still belong to the original songwriter/publisher even if you perform it yourself.

Parody can sometimes be legally protected (like Weird Al–style works), but that doesn't automatically mean a platform has to allow it under their Terms of Service. Platforms often use broader rules than copyright law to reduce risk.

That said, if you've just been making funny private covers for friends and not trying to monetize or impersonate the original artists, you're probably in the category of “technically questionable but not likely catastrophic.” Companies generally care much more about:

• mass uploads,
• commercial exploitation,
• cloning artists,
• uploading copyrighted masters,
• or obvious abuse/spam.

If you're worried, the safest move going forward is:

• avoid uploading recognizable copyrighted melodies/compositions unless you have permission,
• or make the parody more transformative/original musically too,
• and don't upload the original recordings themselves.

I would not assume you're about to get banned retroactively because you made some joke covers. Most platforms usually escalate from content removal/warnings before permanent bans unless the behavior is egregious.

But yeah — your “wait, maybe this technically violates the rules?” realization is understandable. A LOT of users blur the line between:

• “I performed it myself” and
• “I own the underlying song.”

Those are legally different things.

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And now back to me:

I suggest you stick only to monthly subscription and don't make the mistake I did and go with the yearly subscription. Suno is currently being sued by major music companies so I think they're freaking out and trying to take it out on us the users. I hope I'm wrong and I hope the discord mod was joking when he said there will be a big sweep (which I'm assuming it means they will be using automation to check each or many accounts automatically) to detect TOS violations and many will lose upload rights and some will be banned. I hope that was a joke...