The rash of DMCA anti-circumvention claims related to YouTube videos against AI companies continues. These lawsuits might be exploiting one advantage over a traditional copyright infringement suit: unlike a copyright infringement claim, a DMCA claim does not require a copyright registration to file a lawsuit but, at the same time, allows its own DMCA statutory damages.
A case recently filed and renamed as Ace Cam v. Runway AI brings the total to 85 copyright suits v. AI companies.
This is the 3rd lawsuit against Runway AI, in addition to Gardner v. Runway AI and Andersen v. Stability AI.
The case has been assigned to Judge Lewis Kaplan in the Southern District of New York.
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