Universal and Suno are in a PR battle over ‘walled gardens’ in AI music

AI music firms, major labels clash over ‘Walled Garden’ model

A public disagreement has emerged between leading artificial intelligence music platform Suno and the world’s largest recorded music company, Universal Music Group (UMG), highlighting growing divisions over how AI-generated music should be licensed, distributed and controlled. The debate intensified this week after Suno’s chief music officer, Paul Sinclair, published a LinkedIn post during Grammy Week criticising what he described as “walled gar…

Universal and Suno are in a PR battle over ‘walled gardens’ in AI music

Suno exec Paul Sinclair pens memo taking aim at 'walled garden' approach championed by UMG in its recent AI licensing deals Source