Sony expands Udio fight with new suit over 30,117 AI-training recordings

Sony Music Entertainment filed a second copyright infringement lawsuit against Udio in SDNY, accusing it of copying 30,117 sound recordings to train its AI models. The recordings are a subset of matches identified during discovery and were not added to the original case after a June ruling allowing separate action. Udio has licensing deals with several major labels, but Sony remains unlicensed; the new suit seeks statutory damages up to $150,000 per work, plus DMCA-related penalties and an injunction, highlighting the ongoing clash over training data for AI music tools.