By bizn_fun 
“Artists and songwriters will have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices and compositions are used in new AI-generated music,” said Warner. It did not say which artists had opted-in to the program.
“The deal also settles previous litigation between the companies,” it added.
Suno, along with another AI company offering a similar platform called Udio, were sued by music giants Warner, Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group. The lawsuit was announced in 2024 by the Recording Industry Association of America, external, which the BBC has contacted for comment.
The labels accused Udio and Suno of profiting from copying existing songs, claiming the platforms produced tracks that were indistinguishable from work by real artists.
The companies described the use of AI as “wholesale theft” and as part of a trend that threatened the music ecosystem.
The legal battle came just months after some 200 artists including Billie Eilish and Nicki Minaj signed a letter calling for the “predatory” use of AI in the music industry to be stopped.
Supporters of generative AI works have compared machine learning by computers to the way humans learn by reading, hearing and seeing previous works.