{"id":159575,"date":"2025-11-25T22:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/159575\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T22:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:27:10","slug":"warner-music-signs-deal-with-ai-music-startup-suno-settles-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/159575\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warner Music Group (WMG)\u00a0announced<\/a> on Tuesday that it has reached a deal with Suno,<\/a> settling its copyright lawsuit against the AI music startup. WMG said in a press release that the deal with Suno will \u201copen new frontiers in music creation, interaction, and discovery, while both compensating and protecting artists, songwriters, and the wider creative community.\u201d<\/p>\n

WMG also announced that it has sold Songkick<\/a>, a live music and concert-discovery platform, to Suno for an undisclosed amount. WMG had acquired<\/a> Songkick\u2019s app and brand in 2017, while Live Nation later acquired<\/a> Songkick\u2019s ticketing business.<\/p>\n

WMG says Songkick will continue as a fan destination under Suno. <\/p>\n

As a result of WMG\u2019s partnership, Suno will launch more advanced and licensed models that will replace its current ones next year. Downloading audio from the service will require a paid account, while users on the free tier will be limited to playing and sharing songs made on the platform.<\/p>\n

WMG\u2019s artists and songwriters will also have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices,\u00a0and compositions are used in new AI-generated music.<\/p>\n

Artists signed to WMG include Lady Gaga, Coldplay, The Weeknd, Sabrina Carpenter, and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis landmark pact with Suno is a victory for the creative community that benefits everyone,\u201d said WMG CEO Robert Kyncl in the press release. \u201cWith Suno rapidly scaling, both in users and monetization, we\u2019ve seized this opportunity to shape models that expand revenue and deliver new fan experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

The news comes a week after WMG settled its copyright lawsuit with AI music startup\u00a0Udio <\/a>and entered into a licensing deal for an AI music creation service that\u2019s set to launch in 2026. <\/p>\n

WMG\u2019s settlements with Suno and Udio mark a significant shift in the music industry\u2019s approach to AI. Last year, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment sued Suno and Udio for copyright infringement.\u00a0While WMG has settled its lawsuits with Suno and Udio, Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are\u00a0also reportedly in talks to license their work<\/a>\u00a0to Udio and Suno and settle their lawsuits against the startups. <\/p>\n

In a sign of investor confidence in AI music technology, Suno\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0last week that it raised a\u00a0$250 million Series C round<\/a>\u00a0at a $2.45 billion post-money valuation. The round was led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Nvidia\u2019s venture arm NVentures, as well as Hallwood Media, Lightspeed, and Matrix.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warner Music Group (WMG)\u00a0announced on Tuesday that it has reached a deal with Suno, settling its copyright lawsuit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,51621,218,219,61,60,89509,80,89510],"class_list":{"0":"post-159575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-ai-music","10":"tag-artificial-intelligence","11":"tag-artificialintelligence","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-suno","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-warner-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}