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Case Information
Case name Ted Entertainment v. Amazoncom Inc[1]
Court U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington[1]
Docket 2:26-cv-01134[1]
Filed April 3, 2026[1]
Judge(s) Jamal N. Whitehead (assigned April 7, 2026)[2]
Plaintiffs Ted Entertainment, Inc.; Matt Fisher; Golfholics, Inc.[1]
Defendants Amazon.com, Inc.[1]
Case type Proposed civil class action[1]
Claims / issues DMCA § 1201: alleged circumvention of YouTube access controls to train Nova Reel[1]
Status May 20, 2026: initial scheduling and joint-status-report deadlines terminated pending an amended complaint and/or resolution of a dismissal motion. Later developments have not been verified.[2][1]

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.[3][4]

Background

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.[3]

Allegations

The complaint targets Nova Reel, Amazon's text-to-video AI model accessible via AWS Bedrock.[4][5]

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.[3]

The plaintiffs allege violations of 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a), the DMCA's anti-circumvention provision.[3]

The plaintiffs seek:

  • Statutory damages under the DMCA
  • Class certification
  • Permanent injunctions against further circumvention[3]

Procedural history

The May 20, 2026 docket entry terminated the initial scheduling and joint-status-report deadlines at the parties’ request, pending an amended complaint and/or the filing and determination of a motion to dismiss. This was a scheduling change, not a merits ruling.[2]

This case was filed alongside parallel lawsuits against OpenAI and Apple.[3][4]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Court filing / case record, reviewed September 7, 2026
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ted Entertainment v. Amazon, docket through May 22, 2026: April 7 assignment and May 20 scheduling entry
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Piracy Monitor - YouTube publisher sues Apple, Amazon, OpenAI
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 GeekWire - Amazon sued by YouTubers
  5. ↑ Law360 - YouTube creators say Amazon scrapes videos to train AI
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