Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over
TL;DR
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 the plaintiffs' works that Udio infringed.
Nauti's Take
The suit brings a real opportunity: it could finally clarify which training data is allowed for generative AI music, and that legal certainty would ultimately benefit serious providers too. The catch: if the case drags on, the uncertainty chills investment and squeezes small AI-music startups.
Nauti's advice for teams using AI music commercially is to insist on clear licensing and provenance now, rather than relying blindly on generators like Udio.
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