--- title: Universal and Sony sue Suno again, this time over 60,202... description: Universal and Sony have filed a second lawsuit against AI music company Suno, this time covering 60,202 sound recordings, after a Massachusetts court in August... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/universal-and-sony-sue-suno-again-this-time-over-60-202-recordings-8f2bmrmuh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Universal and Sony sue Suno again, this time over 60,202 recordings | daily.dev og:description: Universal and Sony have filed a second lawsuit against AI music company Suno, this time covering 60,202 sound recordings, after a Massachusetts court in August... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/universal-and-sony-sue-suno-again-this-time-over-60-202-recordings-8f2bmrmuh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8F2BMrmuh.png og:image:alt: Universal and Sony sue Suno again, this time over 60,202 recordings og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Universal and Sony sue Suno again, this time over 60,202 recordings **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Universal and Sony have filed a second lawsuit against AI music company Suno, this time covering 60,202 sound recordings, after a Massachusetts court in August declined to let them amend their original 2024 case for schedule reasons and instead pointed them toward parallel litigation. The complaint leans on Suno's own admissions about training on 'tens of millions' of recordings, cites Suno's licensing deals with Warner, BMG, and Believe as evidence of a functioning licensing market, and argues Suno's own user terms of service prove it understood permission was required for training. It also alleges Suno stream-ripped audio from YouTube in violation of DMCA anti-circumvention rules, and notes Suno quietly removed its block on prompting with artist names. Statutory damages could exceed $9bn across the claimed works. Suno's valuation has risen to $5.4bn since the first suit, and Sony has separately sued rival Udio a second time over 30,000 songs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did Universal and Sony file a new lawsuit against Suno instead of amending the original one? A Massachusetts court denied their motion to add over 61,000 additional works to the existing 2024 case, mainly because amending would disturb the case schedule, and suggested pursuing parallel cases instead. Universal and Sony then filed a second complaint on their own, covering 60,202 sound recordings, following the court's guidance rather than being blocked on the merits. _Follow how courts are shaping AI copyright litigation strategy on daily.dev._ ### How much could Suno owe in the new Universal and Sony copyright lawsuit? Statutory damages could exceed $9 billion, based on up to $150,000 per work for willful infringement across 60,202 recordings, plus up to $2,500 for each act of circumvention tied to allegedly stream-ripping audio from YouTube in violation of DMCA section 1201(a). The labels also seek an injunction and a jury trial. _Track high-stakes AI copyright cases like this one on daily.dev as they develop._ ### What licensing deals has Suno signed with music labels? Suno signed agreements with Warner Music Group in November 2025, BMG on 12 August, and Believe on 8 September to supply training data, then launched its v6 model on licensed catalogue nine days later. Universal and Sony cite these three deals in under a year as proof a functioning market exists for licensing recordings to train generative AI models. _Keep up with AI licensing deals reshaping generative music tools on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Sony sues Udio again over 30,000 songs, seeks $4.5bn](https://daily.dev/posts/sony-sues-udio-again-over-30-000-songs-seeks-4-5bn-lrilk4abv) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A German court says AI music maker Suno broke copyright, a first for Europe](https://daily.dev/posts/a-german-court-says-ai-music-maker-suno-broke-copyright-a-first-for-europe-kiunmkoab) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Suno launches AI music models trained on licensed Warner and BMG catalogue](https://daily.dev/posts/suno-launches-ai-music-models-trained-on-licensed-warner-and-bmg-catalogue-8ebchlcyp) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/universal-and-sony-sue-suno-again-this-time-over-60-202-recordings-8f2bmrmuh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Universal and Sony sue Suno again, this time over 60,202 recordings","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/universal-and-sony-sue-suno-again-this-time-over-60-202-recordings-8f2bmrmuh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/universal-and-sony-sue-suno-again-this-time-over-60-202-recordings-8f2bmrmuh"},"datePublished":"2026-09-18T17:59:31.877Z","dateModified":"2026-09-18T17:59:56.790Z","description":"Universal and Sony have filed a second lawsuit against AI music company Suno, this time covering 60,202 sound recordings, after a Massachusetts court in August...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1c94ebf6672a598746cec9dd8260a524?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1c94ebf6672a598746cec9dd8260a524?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/universal-and-sony-sue-suno-again-this-time-over-60-202-recordings-8f2bmrmuh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"genai","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Universal and Sony sue Suno again, this time over 60,202 recordings"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/universal-and-sony-sue-suno-again-this-time-over-60-202-recordings-8f2bmrmuh#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did Universal and Sony file a new lawsuit against Suno instead of amending the original one?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A Massachusetts court denied their motion to add over 61,000 additional works to the existing 2024 case, mainly because amending would disturb the case schedule, and suggested pursuing parallel cases instead. 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