Overview
- Suno announced Thursday that it will add audio watermarking and fingerprinting to mark and trace songs made on its platform.
- The company also signed with lyrics provider Musixmatch to use its Sentinal copyright detection and said it will introduce new download limits to stop mass uploads to streaming services.
- Suno did not specify which watermarking standard it will use or when the features will roll out, leaving technical details and interoperability with platforms unresolved.
- The changes come while Suno faces coordinated U.S. lawsuits from Universal and Sony and a recent Munich court ruling for GEMA, after Warner reached a prior settlement with the company.
- Suno still confronts a November 2025 data breach that leaked ingestion logs and reportedly exposed 55 million users, a Massachusetts class action, and wider questions about licensing, cross-border enforcement, and harm to creators and streaming platforms.