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Company filingSeptember 1, 2026UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Suno, Inc. · D. Mass., No. 1:24-cv-11611-FDS

Suno's answer to the labels' amended complaint admits it obtained audio from YouTube for training using the YT-DLP tool, while denying that this broke any access control

Answering the first amended complaint that added a DMCA anti-circumvention claim, Suno admitted on Sept. 1, 2026 that it obtained audio data from YouTube for use as training data and, in response to the stream-ripping paragraph, that this was done 'using YT-DLP.' It also admitted that building its tool required showing the program massive amounts of data, that it charges many users monthly fees, that over 12 million users have generated music files, and that its 2024 Series B round raised $125 million. Suno denies the legal conclusions that YouTube's rolling cipher is a technological measure that effectively controls access under 17 U.S.C. 1201(a), and continues to assert fair use. The labels' amended complaint was filed Aug. 25, 2026 after Judge Saylor granted leave to add the circumvention claim on Aug. 18. In a Sept. 18, 2026 joint motion the parties reported that 15 party witnesses had been deposed and a neutral statistician was preparing a sample of Suno's prompt and output logs, and proposed targeted discovery on the new claim through late 2026.

Answer of Defendant Suno, Inc. to First Amended Complaint, Dkt. 281 (RECAP) ↗Joint Motion to Amend the Amended Scheduling Order, Dkt. 283 (RECAP) ↗

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