Udio has partnered with content-security specialist BuyDRM to protect the streaming of its AI-generated music, using the company's KeyOS MultiKey Service to provide multi-DRM support across Google Widevine, Apple FairPlay and Microsoft PlayReady. The deal, announced on 14 July, is part of the technical groundwork underpinning Udio's transformation from a defendant in music-industry copyright litigation into a licensed platform operating within a "walled garden" that prevents AI-generated tracks from being downloaded or shared elsewhere.

The partnership follows a series of licensing settlements after the RIAA sued Udio and rival Suno in June 2024 on behalf of Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Universal settled in October 2025, Warner in November 2025, followed by Merlin, Kobalt, Believe and the National Music Publishers' Association through to June 2026, though Sony has yet to settle and its case, now capped at 333 works after a judge rejected an expansion, is heading towards summary judgment following document production closing on 25 August. Udio's forthcoming Starstruck subscription service is expected to rely on three enforcement layers described by chief executive Andrew Sanchez: stream encryption, inaudible watermarking and audio fingerprinting.