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Company filingOctober 30, 2026UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Suno, Inc. (second action) · D. Mass., No. 1:26-cv-14275 (Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV)

Suno asks the court to pause the labels' second suit over 60,000 more recordings until summary judgment on fair use is decided in the first case

On Oct. 30, 2026, Suno moved to stay the record labels' second suit, which asserts more than 60,000 sound recordings, until summary judgment is decided in the labels' original June 2024 case over 560 recordings. Suno says the two cases share the same claims, facts and defenses: that Suno downloaded the labels' recordings from YouTube and used them to train its models. It points to Judge Saylor's Aug. 18, 2026 order, which said a parallel case could be stayed pending the fair use ruling. Suno argues the first case may settle whether training was fair use, whether the labels' market dilution theory holds, and whether YouTube's rolling cipher is a protection covered by section 1201(a). It says it is preserving relevant data. The same day, Judge Saylor amended the schedule in the first case: fact discovery on the section 1201 claim closes Nov. 20, 2026, initial expert reports are due Jan. 28, 2027, and dispositive motions are due June 22, 2027.

Suno's memorandum in support of motion to stay, Dkt. 31 (RECAP PDF) ↗Motion to stay, Dkt. 30 (RECAP PDF) ↗Order amending schedule, D. Mass. No. 1:24-cv-11611, Dkt. 302 (CourtListener docket) ↗

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