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AI Music Firm Udio Faces Class Action That Says Indie Artists Are Left Out of Major Label Lawsuit

An AI class action lawsuit was filed against Udio by a singer, Tony Justice, who is suing the AI music startup on behalf of indie artists.

AI music startup Udio is facing another copyright lawsuit — this time a proposed class action on behalf of independent artists who have been “left without a seat at the table” in the high-profile litigation filed by the major labels. Seeking to represent “thousands” of other independent artists in a class action, Justice says the earlier lawsuit filed by the Big Three won’t adequately protect the interests of musicians who aren’t signed to a major label deal. AI firms argue back that such training is legal “fair use,” transforming all those old “inputs” into entirely new “outputs.” Whether that argument succeeds in court is a potentially trillion-dollar question — and one that has yet to be definitively answered by federal judges.

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