{"id":11145,"date":"2025-11-25T20:14:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/warner-music-signs-deal-with-ai-music-startup-suno-settles-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:14:59","slug":"warner-music-signs-deal-with-ai-music-startup-suno-settles-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/warner-music-signs-deal-with-ai-music-startup-suno-settles-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warner Music Group (WMG)&nbsp;announced on Tuesday that it has reached a deal with Suno, settling its copyright lawsuit against the AI music startup. WMG said in a press release that the deal with Suno will &ldquo;open new frontiers in music creation, interaction, and discovery, while both compensating and protecting artists, songwriters, and the wider creative community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WMG also announced that it has sold Songkick, a live music and concert-discovery platform, to Suno for an undisclosed amount. WMG had acquired Songkick&rsquo;s app and brand in 2017, while Live Nation later acquired Songkick&rsquo;s ticketing business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WMG says Songkick will continue as a fan destination under Suno.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result of WMG&rsquo;s 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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WMG&rsquo;s artists and songwriters will also have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices,&nbsp;and compositions are used in new AI-generated music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artists signed to WMG include Lady Gaga, Coldplay, The Weeknd, Sabrina Carpenter, and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&ldquo;This landmark pact with Suno is a victory for the creative community that benefits everyone,&rdquo; said WMG CEO Robert Kyncl in the press release. &ldquo;With Suno rapidly scaling, both in users and monetization, we&rsquo;ve seized this opportunity to shape models that expand revenue and deliver new fan experiences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news comes a week after WMG settled its copyright lawsuit with AI music startup&nbsp;Udio and entered into a licensing deal for an AI music creation service that&rsquo;s set to launch in 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WMG&rsquo;s settlements with Suno and Udio mark a significant shift in the music industry&rsquo;s approach to AI. Last year, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment sued Suno and Udio for copyright infringement.&nbsp;While WMG has settled its lawsuits with Suno and Udio, Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are&nbsp;also reportedly in talks to license their work&nbsp;to Udio and Suno and settle their lawsuits against the startups. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a sign of investor confidence in AI music technology, Suno&nbsp;announced&nbsp;last week that it raised a&nbsp;$250 million Series C round&nbsp;at a $2.45 billion post-money valuation. The round was led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Nvidia&rsquo;s venture arm NVentures, as well as Hallwood Media, Lightspeed, and Matrix.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warner Music Group (WMG)&nbsp;announced on Tuesday that it has reached a deal with Suno, settling its copyright lawsuit against the AI music startup. WMG said in a press release that the deal with Suno will &ldquo;open new frontiers in music creation, interaction, and discovery, while both compensating and protecting artists, songwriters, and the wider creative&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/warner-music-signs-deal-with-ai-music-startup-suno-settles-lawsuit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}