Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator
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Songs from Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Johnny Cash, Harry Styles, and many more are on the list.
Key facts
- 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
- In 2024, Sony, along with Universal Music Group and Warner Records, filed a lawsuit against Udio and the AI music-maker Suno
- Sony filed a request to add more than 30,000 songs that Udio allegedly “copied and ingested into its generative AI models,” but a judge later rejected the company’s motion, leaving the scope
- Songs from Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Johnny Cash, Harry Styles, and many more are on the list
Summary
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 Their Name, and Harry Styles’ As It Was. In 2024, Sony, along with Universal Music Group and Warner Records, filed a lawsuit against Udio and the AI music-maker Suno. Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer. AI music is flooding streaming services, but who wants it?