After Bytedance moved to dismiss video maker Ted Entertainment’s complaint, Ted filed a first amended complaint adding new allegations that YouTube has not just 1 but 5 different technological protection measures that Bytedance allegedly circumvented.
The original complaint generally asserted: “YouTube deploys technological protection measures (“TPMs”) designed to control access to the underlying video files and prevent direct downloading outside permitted channels (e.g., streaming-only delivery, application programming interface (“API”) usage limits, and access controls).”
Bytedance argued that Ted’s original complaint failed to allege a violation of the DMCA anti-circumvention provision because it alleged only a copy-control measure related to YouTube videos, not any access-control.
In responding to Bytedance’s motion, now Ted alleges 5 different TPMs:
Ted Entertainment has lawsuits against Meta, Snap, and NVIDIA. So we should expect it will amend its complaints there, too.