Industry Oct 16, 2026

UMG & Sony Demand DistroKid Tell How Many AI Songs It Uploads From Suno: ‘Staggering Scale’

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The music giants are ratcheting up the pressure on the huge DIY distributor with a new legal filing that blames it for enabling a “flood” of AI songs.

Originally published by Billboard
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UMG & Sony Demand DistroKid Tell How Many AI Songs It Uploads From Suno: ‘Staggering Scale’

Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are increasing pressure on DIY distributor DistroKid. In a new legal filing, the music giants accuse DistroKid of facilitating a "flood" of artificial intelligence-generated songs, demanding to know the extent of AI music uploads from Suno.