Warner Music Group settles lawsuit with AI firm Suno

Warner Music Group connected Tuesday announced a concern with AI concern Suno that volition compensate euphony artists and songwriters, ending a ineligible conflict betwixt the 2 companies.

Suno allows users to constitute substance prompts to make songs. Last year, euphony companies including WMG sued Suno accusing it of utilizing copyrighted songs to bid AI models.

Under the partnership, Cambridge, Mass.-based Suno volition marque changes to its level adjacent twelvemonth and motorboat caller licensed models and spot download restrictions. For example, users connected the escaped tier volition not beryllium capable to download songs they made. Paid users volition person caps connected downloads but tin wage much to summation that amount.

WMG artists tin take to opt successful to person their likenesses, voices, names and compositions utilized successful AI-generated music, which volition unfastened up caller gross streams for them, Suno said successful a blog post.

“This landmark pact with Suno is simply a triumph for the originative assemblage that benefits everyone,” said Robert Kyncl, WMG CEO successful a statement. “With Suno rapidly scaling, some successful users and monetization, we’ve seized this accidental to signifier models that grow the gross and present caller instrumentality experiences.”

WMG declined to remark connected the fiscal presumption of the colony oregon which artists volition beryllium participating. A Suno typical referred the Times to the company’s blog post, which did not item the fiscal terms.

Kyncl has said successful a Nov. 20 blog station that his institution volition lone marque AI deals with partners who “commit to licensed models,” that the presumption bespeak the worth of euphony and that artists and songwriters person a prime to opt-in for the usage of their name, image, likeness oregon dependable successful AI-generated songs.

Suno says it has astir 100 cardinal radical who usage its level to marque music. Last week, Suno closed connected a $250 cardinal fundraising circular with investors including Menlo Ventures, giving the AI concern a $2.45 cardinal valuation.

Suno CEO Mikey Shulman said the concern with WMG “unlocks a bigger, richer Suno acquisition for euphony lovers.”

“Together, we tin heighten however euphony is made, consumed, experienced and shared,” Shulman said successful a statement.

Suno has besides acquired the euphony and performance find level Songkick from WMG. The fiscal presumption were not disclosed.

Last week, WMG besides reached an statement with AI steadfast Udio, resolving its litigation with the company.