For everyone just echoing-chambering the speculation and panic, here's a link to the *actual announcement* from Suno. Please read it and stop promoting misinformation.

Relevant parts for the tl;dr crowd:

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From the FAQ linked in the article:

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\[Stems only count once, against a single song, and see below\]

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\[The same song can be downloaded multiple times, in multiple forms, e.g. mp3, wav, stems\]

>**Does downloading the individual stems from the same song count as individual downloads?**  
No. All stems from a song are part of that song's single download. Downloading a song plus its stems counts once, not per file.

\[Stems are counted as a single download, and if you've downloaded already as a wav or mp3, they do not count incrementally at all\]

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\[Emphasis added - not 2/3/4, *all models*\]

*Please go read the actual release.*

If you can't take a bit of editorializing, I suggest you stop reading here.

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Still here? Don't say I didn't warn you.

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If you don't like the new terms, that's completely fine. Just remember:

* Complaining in a public forum about how you're going to cancel your account => "Please pay attention to me and my entitled, angry behavior, which will ultimately result in nothing except me continuing to feel angry and entitled"
* Simply canceling your account because you don't like the new terms => "Rational response to doing business with a company who changed the terms of the deal, choose with your wallet"

If you're unhappy because you want to cancel, but you prepaid, you just learned a lesson about why those annual discounts exist, and fortunately it was not a very expensive one in the grand scheme of things.

For everyone who doesn't think this will become the "new normal" for any new AI music services going forward, you must not have been around in the days of file sharing and Napster. The music industry has deep pockets and is very motivated to protect its cash cow. It will get its way, eventually. The "free ride" is over. Mourn it if you like, but don't blame Suno, or Udio, or any other AI company. This is the music industry's doing, and it is setting a precedent. Any current or future generative AI music service will eventually get in line with similar terms or be wiped out. This is par for the course in any technology upheaval. The music industry has a lot of money and a lot of lawyers. I don't like it any more than you do, but *this is how the world works*. Get used to it. It's not Suno's fault If this is new to you. You anger at Suno is misdirected.

THE ACTUAL UPDATE: An update to our downloads policy and Terms of Service