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Suno Quickly Seizes on Udio’s Legal Victory Against Sony Music Over Admissible Infringed Works

July 5, 2026

Suno quickly seizes on Udio’s legal victory against Sony Music over admissible infringed works Last week, a federal judge denied Sony Music’s motion to expand its lawsuit against AI company Udio to include a... Read More...

Federal Judge Rejects Sony Music’s Request to Supersize Its Udio Lawsuit, Says Doing So Would ‘Considerably Prolong the Proceedings’

Dylan Smith

July 2, 2026

A federal judge has denied Sony Music’s request to dramatically expand the list of allegedly infringed works in its lawsuit against Udio. As we previously reported, Sony Music, the sole major still litigati... Read More...

Sony Music Applies More Pressure on Udio to Reveal Its ‘Training Number,’ Says the Total Demonstrates a ‘Sweeping Disregard for Copyright Ownership’

Dylan Smith

June 9, 2026

Udio is facing continued pressure from Sony Music to publicly disclose its “training number,” which the major label maintains “provides necessary context” about the AI platform’s alleged use of protected reco... Read More...

Federal Judge Vacates Order Sealing Udio’s Training Data — Are We About to Learn How Many Recordings the Platform Ingested?

Dylan Smith

June 5, 2026

Are we about to learn Udio's definitive “training number”? Perhaps, as a federal judge has vacated an earlier motion concerning the AI music platform’s purportedly confidential data. Both Suno and Udio, rep... Read More...

Udio Joins Suno Fight to Redact Core Training Data In Court — What Are These Guys Hiding?

Dylan Smith

June 2, 2026

Suno isn’t alone in pushing to keep its “training data number” – or a tally of the tracks used to train its models – out of the public view. Now, amid a legal battle with Sony Music, AI music rival Udio is al... Read More...

Sony Music Moves to Dramatically Expand Its Udio Lawsuit, Says 30,000+ Allegedly Infringed Recordings Represent ‘Only a Fraction’ of the AI Platform’s ‘Illegal Activity’

Dylan Smith

May 25, 2026

Far from winding down its lawsuit against Udio, Sony Music is now looking to supersize the copyright infringement action by accusing the AI music platform of training on north of 30,000 recordings without aut... Read More...

Sony Music v. Udio Legal Battle Heats Up — AI Music Generator Acknowledges Obtaining ‘Audio Data from YouTube,’ Using Stream-Ripper YT-DLP

Dylan Smith

May 1, 2026

Still fending off a high-stakes lawsuit from Sony Music, Udio is doubling down on its longstanding fair use arguments and defending its training-related ingestion of “audio data from YouTube.” The AI music ... Read More...

Universal Music and Sony Music Aggressively Push to Obtain Warner Music’s Suno Agreement Terms Amid Discovery Dispute — As Another ‘Rolling Cipher’ Decision Comes Down

Dylan Smith

April 24, 2026

It’s high time for Suno to disclose the terms of its Warner Music licensing deal – at least according to Universal Music and Sony Music, which are aggressively pushing to obtain a copy of the contract via dis... Read More...

Is Sony Music Going the Distance Against Udio? And Will Other Suno Deals Follow Warner Music’s Settlement? Remaining Litigants Tee Up Packed 2026 Case Schedules

Dylan Smith

December 18, 2025

Is Sony Music Entertainment (SME) going the distance in its Udio legal battle? And will additional Suno settlements follow the resolution of Warner Music’s claims? At least for now, evidence suggests that bot... Read More...

Looks Like a Sony Music-Udio Settlement Will Have to Wait: Presiding Judge Officially Cancels Status Conference as Discovery Continues

Dylan Smith

December 8, 2025

A Sony Music-Udio settlement appears unlikely for 2025: In keeping with early evidence that the companies would continue litigating, a previously scheduled status conference has officially been axed. Techni... Read More...

Looks Like Sony Music Won’t Be Settling With Udio Anytime Soon: Copyright Suit Chugs Along Despite Warner Music and Universal Music Resolutions

Dylan Smith

December 3, 2025

Looks like Sony Music intends to continue litigating against Udio despite the AI music generator’s lawsuit-ending agreements with Warner Music and Universal Music. As most already know, UMG got the licensin... Read More...

UMG v. Udio Voluntary Dismissal Officially Signed, Sealed, Delivered In New York District Court

Ashley King

November 3, 2025

UMG’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Udio is officially dismissed in light of their deal to collaborate on a new music streaming venture. Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially settled its copyri... Read More...

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Suno Quickly Seizes on Udio’s Legal Victory Against Sony Music Over Admissible Infringed Works

Federal Judge Rejects Sony Music’s Request to Supersize Its Udio Lawsuit, Says Doing So Would ‘Considerably Prolong the Proceedings’

Sony Music Applies More Pressure on Udio to Reveal Its ‘Training Number,’ Says the Total Demonstrates a ‘Sweeping Disregard for Copyright Ownership’

Federal Judge Vacates Order Sealing Udio’s Training Data — Are We About to Learn How Many Recordings the Platform Ingested?

Udio Joins Suno Fight to Redact Core Training Data In Court — What Are These Guys Hiding?

Sony Music Moves to Dramatically Expand Its Udio Lawsuit, Says 30,000+ Allegedly Infringed Recordings Represent ‘Only a Fraction’ of the AI Platform’s ‘Illegal Activity’

Sony Music v. Udio Legal Battle Heats Up — AI Music Generator Acknowledges Obtaining ‘Audio Data from YouTube,’ Using Stream-Ripper YT-DLP

Universal Music and Sony Music Aggressively Push to Obtain Warner Music’s Suno Agreement Terms Amid Discovery Dispute — As Another ‘Rolling Cipher’ Decision Comes Down

Is Sony Music Going the Distance Against Udio? And Will Other Suno Deals Follow Warner Music’s Settlement? Remaining Litigants Tee Up Packed 2026 Case Schedules

Looks Like a Sony Music-Udio Settlement Will Have to Wait: Presiding Judge Officially Cancels Status Conference as Discovery Continues

Looks Like Sony Music Won’t Be Settling With Udio Anytime Soon: Copyright Suit Chugs Along Despite Warner Music and Universal Music Resolutions

UMG v. Udio Voluntary Dismissal Officially Signed, Sealed, Delivered In New York District Court

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