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Warner Music Group settles with Suno and sells Songkick in a licensed AI partnership

Warner Music Group settled its lawsuit against Suno and agreed to a licensed partnership. Suno will launch licensed models in 2026 and acquired the Songkick platform from Warner.

NEW YORK, November 25, 2025 Warner Music Group (WMG) and Suno announced a settlement of WMG's copyright litigation and a partnership to develop licensed AI music. Financial terms were not disclosed.1

Terms of the deal

Artists and songwriters will decide whether and how their names, likenesses, voices and compositions appear in AI-generated music, on an opt-in basis. Suno will launch new licensed models in 2026 and deprecate its current models. Downloads will require a paid account, free-tier songs will be playable and shareable only, and paid users will have monthly download caps. Suno also acquired Songkick, the live music discovery platform, from WMG for an undisclosed amount.1

The public record on this agreement is limited to the announcement and the press coverage cited below. The price is listed here as: Undisclosed. The status shown, Settled, reflects the most recent reporting available on October 22, 2026, and any later amendments are not captured.

Background

Suno raised a $250 million Series C at a $2.45 billion post-money valuation, led by Menlo Ventures, days before the announcement. WMG had settled with Udio the previous week. Universal Music Group had settled with Udio in October 2025, and Denmark's Koda and Germany's GEMA continued to pursue claims against Suno.1

What it means for data sellers

The Warner-Suno agreement ties training rights to a product roadmap and to controls on outputs. Sellers with catalogs should ask how buyers will limit downstream use, not only what they will pay. Combining a license with an asset sale also shows that non-data assets can be part of the same negotiation.

How the deal came together

  1. Lawsuit filed. Warner and the other majors sued Suno in 2024 over training on copyrighted recordings.
  2. Funding and leverage. Suno closed a $250 million Series C days before the settlement.
  3. Settlement. Warner and Suno announced the settlement and partnership on November 25, 2025.
  4. Model transition. Suno committed to licensed models in 2026 and to retiring its current models.

Takeaways for companies with data

  • A well funded defendant is a better counterparty for a license than a distressed one.
  • Deals can bundle licensing with asset sales, as with Songkick.
  • Output controls, such as download limits, can be part of the licensed product.

Sources

Every numbered reference above points to an entry here. Figures come from these pages as of the date shown at the top of the article. Where a source reports a number it got from unnamed people, the text says so.

  1. Warner Music Group strikes landmark deal with Suno; settles copyright lawsuit against AI music generator (Music Business Worldwide, November 2025)

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