Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio's AI music generator over
Sony's expanded Udio suit—30,000+ songs—signals discovery is producing evidence that could reshape AI music training liability.
Sony's expanded Udio suit—30,000+ songs—signals discovery is producing evidence that could reshape AI music training liability.
Sony Music has escalated its legal campaign against Udio, filing a new New York lawsuit covering more than 30,000 copyrighted tracks—from Elvis to Beyoncé. Critically, Sony states this catalogue is only a fraction of allegedly infringed works. The move follows Sony's access to Udio's training data through discovery in an earlier 2024 case, suggesting the evidence uncovered is damaging enough to justify a dramatically larger claim. - **Watch:** Whether discovery disclosures force Udio toward settlement before trial sets binding precedent.
Watch: If discovery revelations trigger early settlement, it will define the training-data liability floor for every generative audio startup.
Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley's Hound Dog to Beyoncé's Say My Name , and Harry Styles' As It Was . The lawsuit, filed in a New York court on Monday, claims that this list represents "only a small portion of Plaintiffs' works that Udio infringed," as reported earlier by Music Business Worldwide . In 2024, Sony, along with Universal Music Group and Warner Records, filed a lawsuit against Udio and the AI music-maker Suno. After gaining access to Udio's training data through discovery, Sony cla … Read the full story at The Verge.
- 01Sony Music has escalated its legal campaign against Udio, filing a new New York lawsuit covering more than 30,000 copyrighted tracks—from Elvis to Beyoncé.
- 02Critically, Sony states this catalogue is only a fraction of allegedly infringed works.
- 03The move follows Sony's access to Udio's training data through discovery in an earlier 2024 case, suggesting the evidence uncovered is damaging enough to justify a dramatically larger claim.
- 04- **Watch:** Whether discovery disclosures force Udio toward settlement before trial sets binding precedent.