Woulard v. Uncharted Labs, Inc.

Multiple claimants including David Woulard, Attack the Sound LLC, and several individual musicians have commenced proceedings against Uncharted Labs, Inc. (trading as Udio.com) in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging systematic copyright infringement and related violations. The complaint asserts that the defendant operates a commercial music generation engine by copying and storing musical works from independent artists without permission, contending that this conduct constitutes unauthorised reproduction of copyrighted sound recordings and compositions. According to the pleadings, the defendant admitted to training its AI models on copyrighted material whilst maintaining a centralised library of music files obtained from online sources without authorisation, and additionally scraped lyrical content from various databases including Genius and AZLyrics. The claim further alleges violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act through collection of voiceprints, breaches of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and violations of publicity rights. Claims advanced include direct copyright infringement, contributory infringement, deceptive trade practices, and unjust enrichment. The claimants seek damages and injunctive relief, asserting causes of action in federal copyright law, state privacy statutes, and common law tort.

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