Universal and Sony Get to Depose VC Exec Over That Suno Post

Turns out that throwaway LinkedIn post about switching to Suno for listening might end up mattering more than the guy who wrote it thought. Universal and Sony just got the green light to depose an ex-Menlo Ventures executive over a deleted post where he said he'd shifted his listening habits to the AI music platform. That's the kind of detail that normally disappears into the algorithm, but when you're in the middle of a legal fight, nothing's really gone.

MBW flagged the post back in March as potentially significant in their coverage of Suno and the major labels' ongoing clash. Now it's become formal discovery material—which means lawyers think it says something about how the platform works, who's backing it, or what kind of traction it's getting in circles that matter.

This is peak music industry: a casual comment about listening preferences turns into a deposition. It says something about how seriously both sides are taking this fight and how granular things have gotten. The legal machinery around AI music is grinding forward, and even deleted posts aren't safe anymore.

Read the full story at Music Business Worldwide → https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-and-sony-cleared-to-depose-ex-menlo-ventures-exec-over-deleted-post-ive-personally-shifted-most-of-my-listening-to-suno/