Suno will watermark every song it generates and cap downloads

Suno will add watermarks to all audio its models produce, letting platforms label tracks as AI or block them outright, alongside fingerprinting tech and a Musixmatch deal for copyright detection via its Sentinel system. Suno's CEO framed the shift as meeting emerging industry standards for AI labeling. The company has not said whether it will build in-house or license something like Google's SynthID. The move arrives amid lawsuits from major labels and artist bodies, and days after Suno lost a ruling to Germany's GEMA. Suno is also limiting downloads following its Warner Music settlement. Suno's CEO was careful to say it is not Suno's place to "pass judgment" on whether a song is sufficiently human.

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