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Company filingOctober 20, 2026UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Suno, Inc. (subpoena to non-party Apple) · N.D. Cal., No. 5:26-mc-80303 (Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen); underlying case D. Mass. No. 1:24-cv-11611

Apple asks a court to quash Suno's deposition subpoena, saying it already handed over data on the Suno-made tracks its AI-music detector found on Apple Music

On Oct. 20, 2026, non-party Apple asked the federal court in San Jose to quash, or limit by protective order, Suno's subpoena for testimony from an Apple corporate witness in the record labels' Massachusetts suit over Suno's training on their recordings. Apple says it has answered six subpoenas from the labels and Suno over more than a year, producing track-level and aggregate data, two sworn declarations about the AI-generated-music detection tool it deployed in March 2026 and its Transparency Tags labels for AI content, and a spreadsheet of tracks it identified as Suno-generated, with play counts. Apple says the parties want this for the market-harm factor of fair use and for Suno's copyright misuse defense. It says Suno still demands testimony on Apple's licensing talks with the labels, whether Apple Music could survive without a major label's catalog, streaming fraud, and its communications about Suno, which Apple calls irrelevant and commercially sensitive. Apple kept its declarations out of the public filing. The deadline for third-party depositions in the Suno case is Oct. 30.

Apple's motion to quash, Dkt. 5 (CourtListener) ↗

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