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Universal and Sony matched 60,202 songs in Suno's training files, at up to $150,000 each

Reservoir, the Presley estate and Universal and Sony are filing priced song lists at $150,000 per work, backed by Suno's own admissions. Licensing, the road Udio took, now reads as cheap insurance.

October 28, 2026 · 3 min read

Policy & Labor

Suno and Udio demand streaming data that could price a $9 billion AI music damages fight

Suno and Udio moved to compel the Mechanical Licensing Collective to hand over label-by-label streaming data from eight services back to 2021, after the collective reversed course under objections from streaming platforms. What that record shows prices everything from a just-over-$9-billion damages ceiling to the royalty rates behind Udio's own licenses.

October 23, 2026 · 4 min read

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Three majors price one catalog two ways: $76M into Stability, 60,202 claims against Suno

Universal, Sony and Warner all bought equity in Stability AI's $76 million round while Sony and Universal sue Suno over 60,202 recordings. A US appeals court has now ruled against the fair-use defense that Boston case rests on, and Suno says it is far beyond $300 million in revenue.

October 4, 2026 · 3 min read

Universal and Sony matched 60,202 songs in Suno's training files, at up to $150,000 each

Suno and Udio demand streaming data that could price a $9 billion AI music damages fight

Three majors price one catalog two ways: $76M into Stability, 60,202 claims against Suno

Suno tells a court that imitating a musician needs no consent, testing Spotify's reported $4 to $5 AI tier

Reservoir Media sues Suno for $186 million and Anthropic for $151 million over AI music training

Spotify kept 50 million AI tracks off recommendations; they are 10 times likelier to earn no royalties