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Sony Music Sues Udio Again, Asserting over 30,000 Recordings a Judge Barred the Major From Adding to Its Original Case

On Monday, Sony Music Entertainment filed a new copyright infringement lawsuit against Udio, asserting more than 30,000 recordings were copied without permission to train the AI music generator's models.
U.S. District Court Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein rejected Sony's request to add these works to an existing 2024 case last month, writing that doing so would substantially prejudice defendants and unduly delay the resolution of this action.
Alleging the company obtained audio by "stream ripping" from YouTube using the tool YT-DLP, Sony claims this ingestion balloons Udio's potential damages exposure from $50 million to $4.5 billion.
Licensing deals Udio signed with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group prove a functioning market exists for AI training, according to Sony, undermining the company's fair use defense.
Whether training AI models on copyrighted works constitutes fair use remains an untested legal question, as Sony continues pursuing parallel infringement claims against rival AI music generator Suno in Massachusetts.

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Sony Music Entertainment files new lawsuit against AI startup Udio

Sony Music Entertainment on Monday filed a new lawsuit against AI startup Udio, alleging the company infringed on the copyrights of more than 30,000 recordings.

6 hours ago·El Segundo, United States

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Sony sues Udio again over 30,000 songs, seeks $4.5bn

The other two major labels made peace with Udio months ago. Sony did the opposite. On Monday it filed a fresh lawsuit in New York, Billboard reported, covering 30,117 recordings and leaving Udio facing a far bigger bill. Turning peace into a weapon The heart of the case is fair use, the defence Udio leans […] This story continues at The Next Web

9 hours ago·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

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