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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

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

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

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

This case was filed alongside parallel lawsuits against OpenAI and Apple.^[1]^[2]

References

[piracymonitor-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Piracy Monitor - YouTube publisher sues Apple, Amazon, OpenAI

[geekwire-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 GeekWire - Amazon sued by YouTubers

[law360-3] Law360 - YouTube creators say Amazon scrapes videos to train AI

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