UMG Settles Udio AI Copyright Suit, Signs Licensing Deal for New Opt-In AI Music Platform

Universal Music Group and Udio announced on Oct 29 they resolved UMG's copyright suit and signed licensing agreements for UMG's recorded music and publishing catalogues. The settlement includes compensatory payments plus a planned 2026 subscription platform trained only on authorized, licensed music with fingerprinting and filtering; artists and songwriters opt in. It is the first major-label AI-music lawsuit to resolve via a commercial license, resetting the template for pending Suno/Anthropic cases.