Judge Hellerstein orders record labels to produce deposit copies of registered works and artist-label agreements. The latter relevant to ownership. Udio scores major discovery win.

A major discovery victory for Udio, the AI music generator. Judge Hellerstein judge granted Udio’s motion to compel the Plaintiff recording labels to produce not only (1) deposit copies of their sound recordings relevant to their claims, but also (2) all artist-label agreements regarding ownership and work-made-for-hire for the works at issue in the case.