Did the record labels settle with Suno and Udio?
LAST VERIFIED 15 Jul 2026
Per plaintiff, from the dockets
UMG Recordings v. Suno (D. Mass., 1:24-cv-11611): the six Warner plaintiffs dismissed their claims with prejudice (stipulation filed December 2025, order entered January 28, 2026) — they cannot refile. UMG Recordings, Capitol Records and Sony Music Entertainment remain active plaintiffs: a second motion to amend the complaint was filed in May 2026 and a hearing was held July 9, 2026.
UMG Recordings v. Uncharted Labs / Udio (S.D.N.Y., 1:24-cv-04777): UMG and Capitol dismissed without prejudice in November 2025; Warner's entities followed the same month, also without prejudice — the right to refile is preserved on both. The Sony plaintiffs remain: the court denied a motion to dismiss one of their counts in April 2026, and a status conference is set for September 18, 2026.
Why "settled" is the wrong summary
"With prejudice" means gone for good; "without prejudice" means the claim can come back. Neither case has produced a ruling on the core fair-use question, and one major label is still litigating in each. The financial and licensing terms of the exits are not on the dockets — they remain not publicly disclosed, whatever the press releases imply.
Records cited
| organization | Sony Music Entertainment |
|---|---|
| organization | Suno |
| organization | Suno |
| organization | Suno |
| organization | Udio |
| organization | Udio |
| rights policy item | UMG Recordings, Inc. et al. v. Suno, Inc. et al. |
| rights policy item | UMG Recordings, Inc. et al. v. Uncharted Labs, Inc. d/b/a Udio |
| organization | Universal Music Group |
| organization | Warner Music Group |
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