The recent rash of DMCA anti-circumvention cases continues.
David Gardner sued Runway AI in a proposed class action complaint for an alleged violation of the DMCA anti-circumvention provision, 1201(a), in relation to YouTube videos.
YouTube creators have recently filed lawsuits in other cases, including Ted Entertainment v. NVIDIA, Ted Entertainment v. Meta, Ted Entertaintment v. Bytedance, Youngblood v. Meta (voluntarily dismissed), Youngblood v. NVIDIA (voluntarily dismissed), and Chmura v. Snap.
Whether YouTube videos have access-control technological protection measure to fall within Section 1201(a) is already being contested in the AI music-related, including the ones involving Suno. See here and here for the arguments no and yes.
Given the recent rash of DMCA 1201 lawsuits based on use of YouTube videos, we can expect these lawsuits will continue to be filed.
This is the second copyright lawsuit against Runway AI. The first is Andersen v. Stability AI.
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DOWNLOAD DAVID GARDNER’S CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT