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Parties in UMG Recordings v. Suno quibble over Judge Helllerstein’s denial of motion to dismiss DMCA claim in suit v. Udio
Read more: Parties in UMG Recordings v. Suno quibble over Judge Helllerstein’s denial of motion to dismiss DMCA claim in suit v. UdioThe parties in UMG Recordings v. Suno filed dueling letters explaining the recent decision by Judge Hellerstein to deny Unhcarted Labs’ claims by Sony Music Entertainment for DMCA anti-circumvention related to YouTube videos. At least on the surface, the decision is helpful to UMG Recordings. Suno, however, takes issue with the court’s analysis in the…
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Judge Hellerstein denies Udio’s motion to dismiss DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Court finds sufficient allegations based on YouTube’s “rolling cipher” TPM
Read more: Judge Hellerstein denies Udio’s motion to dismiss DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Court finds sufficient allegations based on YouTube’s “rolling cipher” TPMIn Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs dba Udio, Judge Hellerstein found that the complaint sufficient alleged that YouTube circumvented an access-control to YouTube videos via the much-disputed “rolling cipher” technological protection measure. Udio argued it was a copy-control measure. Sony Music argued it was both copy-control and access-control. Judge Hellerstein ruled that the complaint…
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DMCA strikes yet again: Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Total = 85 copyright suits v. AI
Read more: DMCA strikes yet again: Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Total = 85 copyright suits v. AIThe 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…
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NVIDIA moves to dismiss YouTube creator Ted Entertainment’s complaint for failing to state a DMCA violation for an access-control to YouTube videos
Read more: NVIDIA moves to dismiss YouTube creator Ted Entertainment’s complaint for failing to state a DMCA violation for an access-control to YouTube videosNVIDIA moved to dismiss YouTube creator Ted Entertainment’s complaint. NVIDIA argues that the complaint fails to allege any access-control to YouTube videos, and the DMCA does not prohibit circumvention of copying controls (due to concerns about fair use). This issue has already been brief in other litigation, including the cases against Suno. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD NVIDIA’S…
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Gardner, YouTube creator, sues Runway AI. Copyright cases hit 84.
Read more: Gardner, YouTube creator, sues Runway AI. Copyright cases hit 84.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.…
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SerpApi moves to dismiss Google’s suit for scraping
Read more: SerpApi moves to dismiss Google’s suit for scrapingSerpApi has moved to dismiss Google’s complaint. It’s a rare case in which an AI company has sued a tech company for alleged DMCA anti-circumvention violations related to scraping of content. Excerpts: DOWNLOAD THE MOTION Related Stories
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Youngblood v. Meta, Youngblood v. NVIDIA Complaints. 2 new DMCA suits v. AI companies. Total hits 80 cases v. AI cos. in US.
Read more: Youngblood v. Meta, Youngblood v. NVIDIA Complaints. 2 new DMCA suits v. AI companies. Total hits 80 cases v. AI cos. in US.Devin Youngblood, Nicole Chmura, and Chris Rice, YouTube video creators, sued Meta and Devin Youngblood alone sued NVIDIA in separate lawsuits last week for alleged violations of the DMCA anti-circumvention provision, Section 1201(a). For whatever reason, Youngblood already voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit against NVIDIA. DOWNLOAD COMPLAINT IN YOUNGBLOOD v. META DOWNLOAD COMPLAINT IN YOUNGBLOOD v.…
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Judge Gonzalez Rogers, who presides over Musk v. Altman, assigned Google v. SerpApi
Read more: Judge Gonzalez Rogers, who presides over Musk v. Altman, assigned Google v. SerpApiGoogle’s DMCA anti-circumvention scraping lawsuit against SerpApi has been assigned to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. She also presides over Musk v. Altman, and Hendrix/Martinez/Alexander v. Apple.
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Google v. SerpApi COMPLAINT (filed Dec. 19, 2025).
Read more: Google v. SerpApi COMPLAINT (filed Dec. 19, 2025).SerpApi, LLC was hit with its second DMCA circumvention lawsuit. The first was filed by Reddit. The second by Google. SerpApi allegedly “offers services that ‘scrape/ this copyrighted content and more from Google, using deceptive means to automatically access and take it for free at an astonishing scale and then offering it to various customers…