Ted Entertainment v Amazoncom Inc
Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (W.D. Wash., Case 2:26-cv-01134) is a class-action lawsuit filed on April 3, 2026, by YouTube content creators against Amazon, alleging violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by circumventing YouTube's technological protection measures to train Nova Reel.[1][2]
Background
[edit]The plaintiffs—Ted Entertainment (creator of "h3h3 Productions" and "H3 Podcast Highlights"), Matt Fisher ("MrShortGame Golf"), and Golfholics—operate YouTube channels with over 6 million subscribers and 4.3 billion views combined.[1]
Allegations
[edit]The complaint targets Nova Reel, Amazon's text-to-video AI model accessible via AWS Bedrock.[2][3]
Plaintiffs allege Amazon circumvented YouTube's technological protection measures—including streaming-only delivery, API limits, access controls, rolling ciphers, and IP detection systems—to download millions of videos at scale for training Nova Reel.[1]
Legal Claims
[edit]The plaintiffs allege violations of 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a), the DMCA's anti-circumvention provision.[1]
The plaintiffs seek:
- Statutory damages of up to $150,000 per violation
- Class certification
- Permanent injunctions against further circumvention[1]
Related Cases
[edit]This case was filed alongside parallel lawsuits against OpenAI and Apple.[1][2]
See Also
[edit]- Ted Entertainment v OpenAI Inc
- Ted Entertainment v Apple Inc
- April 3, 2026 — YouTubers Sue OpenAI, Apple, and Amazon for DMCA Video Scraping
- DMCA
- Amazon