Category: Ted Entertainment v. Meta

Judge Davila finds Ted Entmt. v. Meta is not related to Ted Entmt. v. NVIDIA

Not suprisingly, Judge Davila found that Ted Entmt. v. Meta is not related to Ted Entmt. v. NVIDIA. The Meta cases remains with Judge Tigar. To my knowledge, no AI copyright cases were treated related even though they involved different AI companies.
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Will courts relate cases with different defendants?

Judge Tigar just referred Ted Entm’t v. Meta to Judge Davila, who presides over Ted Entm’t. v. NVIDIA, for consideration of as a possible related case. It will be interesting to see the outcome. There are a couple other requests or referrals to relate cases involving the same plaintiff(s) but different defendant AI companies. Thus…
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Apple, Amazon seek dismissal of Ted Entertainment’s DMCA anti-circumvention cases

YouTube video creator TED Entertainment has filed 6 separate copyright lawsuits against Apple, Amazon, NVIDIA, Meta, Bytedance, and OpenAI. Each case involves basically the same single claim that the defendant violated the DMCA anti-circumvention provision by allegedly circumventing an access-control technological protection measure. Apple and Amazon each filed their respective motions to dismiss this DMCA…
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Ted Entertainment opposes Meta’s dismissal motion

Ted Entertainment filed its opposition to Meta’s motion to dismiss Ted Entertainment’s complaint. The case involves a claim of anti-circumvention violation under the DMCA. The case is before Judge Tigar. Ted Entertainment filed similar DMCA suits against Bytedance, NVIDIA, and Snap. Meta’s motion to dismiss is in the link below: Excerpt of Ted Entertainment’s Opposition:
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Meta seeks dismissal of Ted Entertainment’s DMCA case based on YouTube videos

Meta has filed its motion to dismiss the YouTube creators Ted Entertainment and other plaintiffs’ claim for alleged circumvention of access controls on YouTube videos. Meta argues that there are no access controls, instead merely copying controls that fall outside the DMCA anti-circumvention provision. Meta also argues that Ted Entertainment lacks both Article III standing…
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Ted Entertainment files 1st Amended Complaint v. Meta. Asserting now 5 types of TPMs for YouTube videos.

YouTube video creator Ted Entertainment filed a First Amended Complaint against Meta for alleged violation of the DMCA anti-circumvention provision. Ted Entertainment now alleges 5 different types of TPMs protecting YouTube videos that Meta allegedly circumvented. This is the same set of allegations Ted Entertainment added to its lawsuit against Bytedance: Expect Ted Entertainment to…
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Video creator Ted Entertainment now alleges YouTube videos have not just 1 but 5 technological protection measures

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…
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Ted Entertainment sues Snap for DMCA anti-circumvention violation for YouTube videos. Total US lawsuits v. AI companies hits 75.

YouTube video creators Ted Entertainment, Matt Fisher, and Golfaholics have filed another DMCA anti-circumvention case, this time against Snap. The allegations are similar to the other complaints filed against Bytedance, Meta, NVIDIA. This lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California, is the 75th copyright suit filed against AI companies. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE COMPLAINT
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Copyright AI epidemic: Lawsuits flood US courts as number grows to 72

Ted Entertainment et al., creators of YouTube videos, added to the recent barrage of copyright lawsuits against AI companies. In the past few weeks, 5 new lawsuits have been filed. Today, in 2 different suits in the Northern District of California, Ted Entertainment sued Bytedance, parent to TikTok, and Meta. This is the 3rd lawsuit…
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