Overview
- Universal Music Group and Udio said they reached a compensatory legal settlement and new licensing deals for recorded music and publishing.
- A subscription AI music service is slated for 2026, with models trained only on authorized and licensed works.
- Udio has halted downloads and confined user-made songs to a fingerprinted, filtered walled garden, prompting complaints and reported cancellations.
- Participating UMG artists and songwriters can opt in and will be paid for training use and model outputs, though financial terms were not disclosed.
- Sony Music and Warner remain in court against Udio and Suno, as UMG separately unveiled a partnership with Stability AI to build professional tools.