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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…
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OpenAI opposes Ziff Davis’s attempt to filed 2d amended complaint for DMCA anti-circumvention claim
Read more: OpenAI opposes Ziff Davis’s attempt to filed 2d amended complaint for DMCA anti-circumvention claimOpenAI opposes Ziff Davis’s attempt to amend its complaint to state a claim for DMCA anti-circumvention violation. Excerpts DOWNLOAD OPENAI’S OPPOSITION
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Anthony Justice files 1st amended complaint v. Uncharted Labs
Read more: Anthony Justice files 1st amended complaint v. Uncharted LabsAnthony Justice filed the First Amended Complaint against Uncharted Labs d/b/a Udio, the music generator company. The amendment adds a claim for a DMCA anti-circumvention violation for alleged “stream ripping” tracks from YouTube videos. Justice and UMG Recordings added the same claim to their respective lawsuits against Suno.