United States of America: Warner Music Group reached settlement of litigation and formed licensed-AI partnership agreement with Suno

On 25 November 2025, Warner Music Group announced that it had reached a settlement with Suno in the copyright lawsuit initiated on 24 June 2024. The complaint had alleged that Suno reproduced and ingested copyrighted sound recordings to train its generative AI model, including works protected under 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. and 17 U.S.C. § 1401, and sought injunctive relief and statutory damages. The announcement explained that Warner Music Group and Suno had entered into a partnership to support licensed AI-music creation by combining Suno’s AI capabilities with the company’s artist-development and technology expertise. It noted that the partnership includes opt-in controls for the use of artists’ and songwriters’ names, images, likenesses, voices, and compositions, and introduces licensed models designed to create new revenue opportunities. The announcement added that Suno will introduce new advanced licensed models in 2026, retire its current models, apply download restrictions for free-tier users, and set download limits for paid-tier users. It also confirmed that Suno has acquired the concert-discovery platform Songkick from Warner Music Group. According to the companies, the collaboration is intended to support the development of a next-generation licensed AI-music platform with extended interactive features for artists, songwriters, and fans.