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Apple loses bid to dismiss DMCA anti-circumvention of YouTube videos claim
Read more: Apple loses bid to dismiss DMCA anti-circumvention of YouTube videos claimIn Ted Entm’t v. Apple, Judge Seeborg denied Apple’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s DMCA claim for alleged circumvention of access controls on YouTube videos. The opinion is consistent with two other recent decisions involving Ted Entertainment: Plus, it is similar to cases involving stream ripping of music files from YouTube videos allegedly in violation…
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Judge Scott Corley finds Ted Entertainment alleged sufficient “access control” for YouTube videos to state DMCA 1201(a) claim
Read more: Judge Scott Corley finds Ted Entertainment alleged sufficient “access control” for YouTube videos to state DMCA 1201(a) claimTed Entertainment just scored a big victory in one of the many DMCA anti-circumvention cases it has filed. In Ted Entertainment v. Bytedance, Judge Scott Corley held that Ted’s First Amended Complaint sufficiently alleged that YouTube videos are protected by “access controls,” and that Bytedance circumvented them. The viewing of YouTube videos is somewhat different…
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Ted Entertainment opposes Apple’s motion to dismiss DMCA claim
Read more: Ted Entertainment opposes Apple’s motion to dismiss DMCA claimTed Entertainment filed its opposition to Apple’s motion to dismiss its DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD:
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Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismisses Google’s DMCA anti-circumvention claim v. SerpApi for alleged circumvention of SearchGuard v. scraping Google results
Read more: Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismisses Google’s DMCA anti-circumvention claim v. SerpApi for alleged circumvention of SearchGuard v. scraping Google resultsJudge Gonzalez Rogers just dismissed Google’s DMCA anti-circumvention claim against SerpApi for allegedly circumventing Google’s SearchGuard “challenge” to prevent SerpApi from scraping Google search results. The decision is nuanced. First, the Judge dismissed with prejudice Google’s claim “as a matter of law to the extent that they are premised on instances where SearchGuard controls access…
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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.…