Universal Music Group and AI Music Company Udio Reach Agreement in Lawsuit

Universal Music Group (UMG) and Udio , an artificial intelligence (AI) developer focused on music, have reached an agreement in last year’s copyright infringement lawsuit , which UMG, Sony Music, Warner Music Group, and the Recording Industry Association of America brought against Udio and Suno. At the time, UMG accused Udio of copyright infringement on an “almost unimaginable scale” and training its AI models on the label’s recordings. A press release from UMG states that the two companies will now “collaborate on an innovative, new commercial music creation, consumption, and streaming experience,” as Billboard notes. The deal also includes a compensatory legal settlement for UMG.

UMG’s lawsuit against Udio was focused solely on infringement of the company’s sound recordings;