From Courtroom to Creative Lab: How Universal Music and Udio Rewrote the Rules of AI MusicLakshmi narayana .U9 min read·Just nowJust now--Press enter or click to view image in full sizeimage by author and ChatGPTThe $250 Million QuestionOn June 24, 2024, Udio woke up to a nightmare. The Recording Industry Association of America, representing Universal Music Group, Sony, and Warner Records, had just filed a lawsuit alleging “copyright infringement on an almost unimaginable scale.” The potential damages? Up t ...