{"id":234860,"date":"2025-06-25T20:08:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=234860"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:08:45","slug":"udio-still-battling-copyright-lawsuit-from-music-majors-launches-ai-visual-editing-workstation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/udio-still-battling-copyright-lawsuit-from-music-majors-launches-ai-visual-editing-workstation\/","title":{"rendered":"Udio, still battling copyright lawsuit from music majors, launches AI ‘visual editing workstation’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Udio, the AI music startup currently in a legal battle<\/a> with major record labels alongside its rival Suno, has just released a visual editing workstation for AI-generated music.<\/p>\n

The tool called \u2018Sessions<\/b>,\u2019 available Wednesday (June 25) to Standard<\/b> and Pro<\/b>-tier subscribers, allows users to manipulate song structures by moving, extending or replacing sections within tracks.<\/p>\n

Udio<\/b> explains in a press release that Sessions automatically identifies musical elements like choruses and bridges from audio waveforms, allowing for the editing of\u00a0<\/span>lyrics and sound through a “visual workstation”.<\/p>\n

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The release comes almost three months after Udio launched two new updates<\/a> including an AI-powered style reference feature.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Styles<\/b>\u2019 feature allows users to generate new music that mirrors the \u201csonic identity\u201d of existing tracks, while the v1.5 Allegro<\/b> tool is an update to its existing AI model, which the startup claims is able to deliver \u201cup to 30%<\/b> faster output with no loss in quality or consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“We know artists and producers use Udio alongside other tools, often jumping between platforms to shape their sound. We\u2019ve built Sessions to seamlessly integrate into those workflows.”<\/p>\n

Andrew Sanchez<\/b>, Udio<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These new features arrive after Sony Music Entertainment<\/b>, Universal Music Group<\/b> and Warner Records <\/b>sued<\/a> Udio and competitor Suno<\/b>, alleging both companies trained their AI systems on copyrighted recordings without authorization.<\/p>\n

In August last year, Udio and Suno\u00a0argued<\/a>\u00a0that their use of copyrighted materials falls under the \u201cfair use\u201d exemption to US copyright law, and accused the recording companies of launching the lawsuits to prevent competition.<\/p>\n

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Udio launched publicly<\/a> in April 2024 with backing from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)<\/b>, a Menlo <\/b>Park, California-headquartered venture capital firm, musician will.i.am<\/b>, Mike Krieger<\/b> (co-founder and CTO of Instagram<\/b>) and Oriol Vinyals<\/b> (VP of Research at Google\u2019s Gemini<\/b>). The platform was developed by former researchers at Google<\/b> DeepMind<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Discussing the launch of ‘Sessions’, Andrew Sanchez<\/b>, CEO and Co-Founder of Udio, said: \u201cUdio is committed to advancing the next generation of creators. We know artists and producers use Udio alongside other tools, often jumping between platforms to shape their sound. We\u2019ve built Sessions to seamlessly integrate into those workflows, making it easier to visualize, edit, and experiment with tracks in one unified place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSessions is exactly the solution I\u2019ve been looking for to help bring ideas to life with more precision and flexibility.”<\/p>\n

Ian Braunstein<\/b>, Udio<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ian Braunstein<\/b>, Udio\u2019s Head of Product, added: \u201cAs a musician and producer myself, I\u2019m constantly thinking about what tools would be most helpful in my own creative process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSessions is exactly the solution I\u2019ve been looking for to help bring ideas to life with more precision and flexibility.<\/p>\n

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Last week, Udio and Suno were slapped with another legal action<\/a> by country musician Tony Justice<\/b>, who filed class-action lawsuits against both AI music generators.<\/p>\n

Justice argues that while major labels pursue their own infringement cases, independent artists \u201cwhose rights have been trampled the most\u201d remain excluded from \u201cthe table, unrepresented, and without a meaningful remedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The artist\u2019s complaint states: \u201cRather than simply license these copyrighted songs like every other tech-based business does, Suno\/Udio elected to simply steal the songs and generate AI-soundalike music at virtually no cost to Suno\/Udio.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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