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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Spagnola v. Runway AI''' is a copyright and DMCA lawsuit filed by YouTuber and musician Ali Spagnola against Runway AI, alleging that Runway's AI video generation tools were trained on copyrighted YouTube content without authorization.<br />
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== Plaintiffs ==<br />
* Ali Spagnola, YouTuber and musician<br />
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== Defendants ==<br />
* Runway AI, Inc.<br />
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== Claims ==<br />
The plaintiff alleges that Runway AI scraped and used copyrighted video content from YouTube in training its AI video generation models, without consent, compensation, or proper attribution. The complaint includes claims for direct and vicarious copyright infringement, as well as Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) violations for the alleged removal of copyright management information.<br />
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== Procedural History ==<br />
* '''Filing date''': April 2026<ref name="spagnola-suit">[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ai-copyright-lawsuit-youtube-spagnola-runway-1236123456/ The Hollywood Reporter coverage of Spagnola v Runway filing]</ref><br />
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== Significance ==<br />
Spagnola v. Runway marks the first major lawsuit specifically targeting AI video generation trained on YouTube content, joining a growing wave of litigation challenging how generative AI companies use publicly available video content. The case raises novel questions about the intersection of user-generated content platforms and AI training data.<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[Disney v MiniMax]]<br />
* [[UMG Recordings Inc v Suno Inc]]<br />
* [[Businessing LLC v Runway]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Copyright Litigation]]<br />
[[Category:Cases Against Runway]]<br />
[[Category:DMCA]]<br />
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