Individual Action
UMG Recordings v. Suno
UMG Recordings, Inc., Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Records Inc., et al. v. Suno, Inc.
Where it stands
Warner Music settled and exited in November 2025 via a licensing deal that included Suno's acquisition of Songkick; UMG and Sony continue, with summary judgment motions scheduled for June 2026 and a plaintiff motion to add more than 61,000 recordings pending as of mid-2026.
Key ruling
April 6, 2026 — Magistrate Judge Paul Levenson barred UMG and Sony from obtaining the terms of Suno's Warner Music settlement, finding the relevance marginal and the chilling effect on settlements high; the district judge upheld that ruling.
Note on this record
The Warner Music settlement terms were not disclosed publicly — no dollar figure is confirmed.The record
- Court
- D. Mass.
- Case number
- 1:24-cv-11611 (FDS)
- Filed
- 2024-06-24
- Defendants
- Suno, Inc.
- Plaintiffs
- Major record labels (UMG, Sony Music, Warner Music and affiliated labels) — corporate plaintiffs, not a class
- Technology at issue
- Suno AI music generation model
- Relief sought
- Statutory damages up to $150,000 per infringed sound recording and injunctive relief
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Suno fights to keep Warner Music settlement terms away from UMG and SonyMusic Business Worldwide · 2026-04-20
- AI Infringement Case Updates: November 23, 2024McKool Smith · 2024-11-23
- Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025)Chat GPT Is Eating the World · 2025-10-26
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