{"slug": "after-judge-hellerstein-denies-leave-to-amend-to-add-30000-songs-to-case-sony-a", "title": "After Judge Hellerstein denies leave to amend to add 30,000 songs to case, Sony Music turns around and files a 2d lawsuit v. Udio alleging 30,000 songs infringed", "summary": "Sony Music Entertainment filed a second copyright lawsuit against Uncharted Labs d/b/a Udio on March 20, 2025, alleging the AI music company infringed over 30,000 additional songs. The lawsuit follows a March 3, 2025 order by Judge Hellerstein denying Sony leave to amend its original complaint to add those songs, mirroring a strategy used by Concord Music against Anthropic.", "body_md": "**Sony Music Entertainment just sued Uncharted Labs d/b/a Udio in a second copyright lawsuit to allege Udio infringed 30,000+ additional songs. **\n\nThe second lawsuit comes less than a month after Judge Hellerstein denied Sony leave to amend the complaint to add those 30,000+ additional songs. See his Order below:\n\nThis strategy is similar to the one the music publishers Concord Music used against Anthropic: the plaintiffs filed a second lawsuit after being denied leave to amend the complaint in the first lawsuit. Now, both *Concord Music I *and *Concord Music II* are before Judge Eumi Lee, who denied the motion for leave. If the past is prologue, we should expect a similar development here.\n\n**Excerpt:**\n\n**DOWNLOAD THE COMPLAINT:**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-judge-hellerstein-denies-leave-to-amend-to-add-30000-songs-to-case-sony-a", "canonical_source": "https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2026/07/20/after-judge-hellerstein-denies-leave-to-amend-to-add-30000-songs-to-case-sony-music-turns-around-and-files-a-2d-lawsuit-v-udio-alleging-30000-songs-infringed/", "published_at": "2026-07-20 20:23:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-20 20:50:41.338206+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Sony Music Entertainment", "Uncharted Labs", "Udio", "Judge Hellerstein", "Concord Music", "Anthropic", "Judge Eumi Lee"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-judge-hellerstein-denies-leave-to-amend-to-add-30000-songs-to-case-sony-a", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-judge-hellerstein-denies-leave-to-amend-to-add-30000-songs-to-case-sony-a.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-judge-hellerstein-denies-leave-to-amend-to-add-30000-songs-to-case-sony-a.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-judge-hellerstein-denies-leave-to-amend-to-add-30000-songs-to-case-sony-a.jsonld"}}