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Warner Music, Suno inform Judge Saylor of settlement, leaving Sony Music, UMG Recordings part of the lawsuit
Read more: Warner Music, Suno inform Judge Saylor of settlement, leaving Sony Music, UMG Recordings part of the lawsuitWarner Music and Suno made it official today, informing Judge Saylor of their settlement and asking for voluntary dismissal of 1/3 of the lawsuit. That leaves Sony Music and UMG Recordings still in the lawsuit against Suno. Related Stories
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UMG Recordings, Udio voluntarily dismiss lawsuit, leaving Sony Music, other labels
Read more: UMG Recordings, Udio voluntarily dismiss lawsuit, leaving Sony Music, other labelsAfter announcing their settlement last week, UMG Recordings, Capitol Records, and Uncharted Labs d/b/a Udio made it official by filing a stipulation voluntarily dismissing their lawsuit without prejudice. That leaves Sony Music, Warner Music, and a number of their affiliated labels in the lawsuit against Udio. Interestingly, the same law firm represents all the labels.…
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UMG Recordings goes “all in” on AI. Announces 2d deal with Stability AI following deal with Udio.
Read more: UMG Recordings goes “all in” on AI. Announces 2d deal with Stability AI following deal with Udio.Here’s the press release: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP AND STABILITY AI ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO CO-DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL AI MUSIC CREATION TOOLS SANTA MONICA, October 30, 2025 – Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment and Stability AI, the leading independent multi-modal generative AI company, today announced a strategic alliance to develop next-generation professional music…
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UMG Recordings seeks to seal confidential business information related to discovery dispute over Suno’s copyright misuse defense
Read more: UMG Recordings seeks to seal confidential business information related to discovery dispute over Suno’s copyright misuse defenseCopyright misuse is a sleeper issue that may be gaining steam. I noted earlier that Anthropic had raised a copyright misuse defense against Concord Music: And now it’s revealed that Suno is seeking discovery of information from UMG Recordings related to Suno’s defense that UMG engaged in copyright misuse. UMG is asking Judge Saylor to…
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OpenAI building a music generator to compete with Suno. Will it prompt licensing or copyright lawsuits?
Read more: OpenAI building a music generator to compete with Suno. Will it prompt licensing or copyright lawsuits?OpenAI is really eating the world. After just launching a TikTok style, AI video generator Sora 2, OpenAI reportedly is building a music generator to compete with Suno (which itself faces 2 copyright lawsuits in the United States, one filed by UMG Recordings and the other by Anthony Justice). This isn’t surprising. Music generation is…
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Suno opposes Concord Music’s attempt to add DMCA anti-circumveniton violation. Suno says DMCA doesn’t prohibit circumention of anti-copying measure.
Read more: Suno opposes Concord Music’s attempt to add DMCA anti-circumveniton violation. Suno says DMCA doesn’t prohibit circumention of anti-copying measure.Suno filed its opposition to Concord Music’s attempt to amend the complaint to add a DMCA anti-circumvention violation. Suno argues that Concord Music has misread Section 1201: it does not prohibit circumventing an anti-copy measure, but instead, a measure that protects against access (1201(a)(1)). Measures designed to protect against copying are covered in only the…
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Chief Judge Saylor gets Justice v. Suno. Judge Garnett gets Justice v. Udio.
Read more: Chief Judge Saylor gets Justice v. Suno. Judge Garnett gets Justice v. Udio.The initial assignments have been made. Chief Judge Saylor was assigned Justice v. Suno; he already presides over UMG Recordings v. Suno in Boston. Judge Garnett was assigned Justice v. Uncharted Labs dba Udio in the Southern District of New York. There’s another suit against Udio in the same district, UMG Recordings v. Uncharted Labs,…
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Udio, Suno in talks to license music from labels. Settlement of copyright lawsuits now in play.
Read more: Udio, Suno in talks to license music from labels. Settlement of copyright lawsuits now in play.The Wall Street Journal reports that the AI music generator companies, Udio and Suno, are negotiating possible licenses separately with Universal Music Group, Warner, and Sony, respectively. If they reach a deal, the copyright lawsuits against Udio and Suno will likely be settled as a part of the deal. Related stories
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Parties in Suno v. UMG Recordings agree to digital copies of sound recordings deposited in Copyright Office
Read more: Parties in Suno v. UMG Recordings agree to digital copies of sound recordings deposited in Copyright OfficeMeanwhile, Suno appears to be fine with the digital copies of the deposit copies in the Copyright Office for UMG Recordings’ deposit copies.
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UMG Recordings offers digital copies, instead of physical deposit copies, in response to Suno’s motion to compel.
Read more: UMG Recordings offers digital copies, instead of physical deposit copies, in response to Suno’s motion to compel.Still reeling from losing on the same issue in the lawsuit it filed against Udio, UMG Recordings is trying to avoid the same result on the defendant’s motion to compel in the lawsuit it filed against Suno. UMG Recordings argues that it has already offered digital copies of the recordings relevant to its copyright claim–and…