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The agreement comes weeks after Kobalt\u2019s sale to Primary Wave and follows Udio\u2019s recent licensing deals with Merlin Network, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. The platform does not currently have a deal with Sony Music Entertainment, which remains in litigation with the company.<\/p>\n
The partnership will contribute to Udio\u2019s licensed AI music creation service, which is expected to launch later this year. According to the companies, the new platform will operate separately from Udio\u2019s existing product and will introduce tools allowing users to generate music using licensed compositions and, where applicable, artist-approved vocal models.<\/p>\n
The companies said the subscription-based service is expected to support the creation of remixes, covers and original songs, subject to participation from rights holders.<\/p>\n
Key commercial terms, including how participating artists and songwriters will be compensated, have not been disclosed. The companies also said the service will include safeguards intended to protect rights holders, without providing further detail.<\/p>\n
Statements from both companies<\/strong><\/p>\n Kobalt chief executive Laurent Hubert said the partnership reflects the company\u2019s approach to emerging technologies in music.<\/p>\n \u201cOur clients and songwriters rely on us to both protect them and to create new opportunities for their works in an ever-changing technology landscape. We look forward to working closely with Udio to develop these new possibilities and are excited for what this deal could mean for the thousands of songwriters, artists, producers and publishers we work with every day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Udio co-founder and chief executive Andrew Sanchez said the company\u2019s focus remains on ensuring fair treatment of rights holders.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with Kobalt and welcome its exceptional community of songwriters, artists, and creatives to Udio. Our focus is on expanding creative possibilities through AI, while ensuring artists\u2019 rights are respected and fairly compensated every step of the way,\u201d Sanchez said.<\/p>\n Despite securing multiple licensing agreements, Udio remains involved in legal disputes in the United States, including ongoing copyright litigation with Sony Music and a separate class action involving artists and rights holders.<\/p>\n In recent court filings, Udio has argued that certain claims should be dismissed based on precedent from the US Supreme Court\u2019s Cox v. Sony Music decision. Plaintiffs in the class action have rejected that interpretation, arguing that the ruling does not apply to allegations involving direct copyright infringement by the platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.musicinafrica.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The agreement comes weeks after Kobalt\u2019s sale to Primary Wave and follows Udio\u2019s recent licensing deals with Merlin Network, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. The platform does not currently have a deal with Sony Music Entertainment, which remains in litigation with the company. The partnership will contribute to Udio\u2019s licensed AI music creation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2367039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2367038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kobalt-partners-AI-music-platform-Udio-on-new-licensed-creation.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367040,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367038\/revisions\/2367040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}