Warner Music settles Suno copyright suit in licensing deal; Suno acquires Songkick

What happened

On 25 November 2025 Warner Music Group and Suno announced a partnership that settles WMG's copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI music generator. The companies call it a first-of-its-kind partnership. Suno will launch new AI models in 2026 trained on licensed music, replacing its current models, and WMG artists and songwriters will have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices and compositions are used in new AI-generated music.

Terms as announced

Downloads of AI-generated tracks become a paid-only feature with monthly caps for paid subscribers. Suno has also acquired Songkick, the live-music concert-discovery platform, from Warner Music Group and will continue to run it. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Context

The RIAA, acting for UMG, Sony Music and Warner, sued Suno and Udio in June 2024 alleging mass infringement of copyrighted recordings used to train their models. Warner settled with Udio on 19 November 2025, six days before this Suno deal. Sony Music has not settled with either company and was not part of this agreement.