Sony Music Entertainment

This episode was directed by Annie Siegel, edited by Mikey Ortiz, and recorded at Softbar Studios in Brooklyn, New York.

More Life is a production of Sony Music Entertainment.

From Sony, our executive producers are Chris Skinner and Joanna Clay.

Original music by Function Adams.

A friend of mine told me a funny story.

A friend of mine worked for Sony Records in the UK when she was doing those shows.

And he went to pick her up from the airport.

He was with the team that went to pick her up.

Just click Try Free at the top of the Dinners On Me show page on Apple Podcasts to start your free trial today.

Dinners on Me is a production of Sony Music Entertainment and A Kid Named Beckett Productions.

It's hosted by me, Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

It's executive produced by me and Jonathan Hirsch.

As for Suno, these lawsuits are the latest addition to its existing list of copyright infringement accusations.

Earlier this year, Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group jointly filed another lawsuit claiming that Suno is still infringing on its copyrighted material for its latest V6 models.

However, not all record labels and publishing companies are continuing their legal actions.

Last year, Warner Music Group decided to drop its lawsuit against Suno, instead agreeing to a licensing deal.

Welcome to Media Types with me Robert Shepard.

Steve Ackerman has spent decades shaping the audio industry from building something else into a leading production company to overseeing global podcasts at Sony Music.

Now a board member of the podcast show he joins me to discuss podcasting.

Hello Steve and welcome to the podcast how are you?

Well, that was 2024.

I'm not sure whether I'd still make it into the list now.

I mean, you know, at that point I was the global head for Sony Music across all of podcasts and obviously based in the States.

And so for sure, I think often with these lists, it's your job title rather than necessarily you that gets you into some of these lists.

I didn't listen to the cassette for 10 years, Emily.

I was doing an album for Sony Music, and for whatever reason, I put on this cassette and went, oh, you absolute fool of a man.

We

recorded it, it became a Triple J hit pick, and it was my version of the ship song.

Suno says it prohibits unauthorized use of artists' work, including the use of specific artists' names in songs, and works with outside companies to screen for misuse.

These cases add to earlier lawsuits from Sony Music and Universal Music, and they could help decide how AI music tools are allowed to work.

And there is more competition among AI agents.

SpaceX AI's Grok bot, which carries out multi-step tasks on a cloud computer with its own browser, files, and terminal, is now available on more subscription plans.

What made you decide to do this? And how did you gain the skills previous to your career? What was your favorite job? So my...

How did I get to becoming a producer? The reason why I'm a podcast producer and not where I was previously to this, which I worked in sales and also marketing and management and leadership with Sony Music for 28 years...

And the reason why I'm a podcast producer is because I was basically told I had to move to New York or LA or Nashville.

And my family is based here in Atlanta.