cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/36231581

While the YouTubers’ videos are available to watch on the platform, the lawsuit alleged that Apple illegally circumvented the “controlled streaming architecture” that regular users are limited to. The creators claimed that Apple’s video scraping was used to train its generative AI products, adding that the tech giant’s “massive financial success would not have been possible without the video content created” by the YouTubers. MacRumors noted that these YouTube channels have also filed similar lawsuits against other tech companies, including Meta, Nvidia, ByteDance and Snap.

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Plaintiffs Ted Entertainment, Inc. (“TEI”), Matt Fisher, and Golfholics, Inc. (collectively, where appropriate “Plaintiffs”), each individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated (the “Class,” as defined below), by and through their undersigned counsel, file this Complaint against Apple, Inc. (“Defendant”), for violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 1201. The allegations contained herein, which are based on Plaintiffs’ knowledge of facts pertaining to themselves and their own actions and counsels’ investigations, and upon information and belief as to all other matters, are as follows…

Source: https://www.scribd.com/document/1022659389/Ted-Entertainment-v-Apple