Ted Entertainment v Apple Inc
Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. Apple Inc. (N.D. Cal., Case 3:26-cv-02936) is a class-action lawsuit filed on April 3, 2026, by YouTube content creators against Apple, alleging violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by circumventing YouTube's technological protection measures to train "Apple AI Video" models.[1]
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 Apple's video AI models allegedly trained using the Panda-70M dataset. This dataset, containing 70 million clips split from YouTube videos, was released by Snap in 2024 and reportedly used by Apple to train its video generation capabilities.[1][2]
Plaintiffs allege Apple 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.[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 Amazon.[1]
See Also
[edit]- Ted Entertainment v OpenAI Inc
- Ted Entertainment v Amazon.com Inc
- April 3, 2026 — YouTubers Sue OpenAI, Apple, and Amazon for DMCA Video Scraping
- DMCA
- Apple