It’s the weekly headline roundup!
This week we’re looking at Suno’s new AI music models, Meta’s new user protections, and more.
Suno Launches V6 AI Music Models in Partnership with WMG, BMG, and Believe
AI music platform Suno, facing copyright claims on several fronts, has been promising licensed models since November 2025.
– Murray Stassen, Music Business Worldwide
That month, it settled Warner Music Group’s copyright lawsuit and said it would launch “new, more advanced and licensed models” in 2026.
In the months since, Suno has signed deals with BMG and, just yesterday, Believe. It has also committed to audio watermarking and fingerprinting technology, and capped the number of songs its subscribers can download each month.
Today (September 9) sees the global launch of Suno‘s v6 suite of models, which the company says it developed with its “industry partners, including Warner Music Group, BMG, and Believe.”
Meta agrees to new user protections that will shape the course of the social marketplace
Meta has settled a landmark court case in the US over the negative impacts of social media on teens and adolescents. Without admitting culpability, the outcome is that they will owe an $18 billion agreed payment over 10 years, and develop and implement a host of new protective measures for younger users. One of the conditions of the full settlement payment is that competitors TikTok and YouTube also introduce similar protective measures – effectively offsetting Meta’s competitive handicap should they not do so.What they are pushing towards is, ironically, one of the oldest formats in entertainment: radio.
– Hanna Kahlert, MIDiA
AEG & Seatgeek Slam Live Nation’s ‘Feeble’ DOJ Settlement: ‘Divestiture is needed’
Live Nation’s rivals are urging a federal judge to reject the Department of Justice’s proposal for the live entertainment giant to retain ownership of Ticketmaster with new antitrust guardrails.
– Rachel Scharf, Billboard
AEG and SeatGeek have both submitted public comments criticizing the settlement reached by the federal government a week into Live Nation’s blockbuster antitrust trial this spring. State attorneys general continued with the trial, and a jury ultimately held Live Nation liable for monopolizing the live music industry via artist promotion, venue ownership and ticketing. Live Nation denies those claims and has promised to appeal.
Donald Trump’s DoJ says OpenAI should be able to do whatever it wants with copyright protected works
The US government has formally told a New York court why it believes OpenAI training its AI models on copyright protected works constitutes ‘fair use’ under American copyright law.
– Chris Cooke, Complete Music Update
Which means OpenAI has not infringed the copyrights of the New York Times, or any of the other authors or publishers who are trying to hold the AI company liable for copyright infringement on the basis it copied their works without permission when training its AI models.