US judge questions if Nvidia AI training lawsuit is copyright dispute
By Amy Miller ( July 23, 2026, 23:12 GMT | Insight) -- A federal judge questioned whether Ted Entertainment's proposed class action against Nvidia over allegedly bypassing YouTube's security measures to obtain videos for AI training is really a copyright dispute, despite being brought under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anticircumvention provisions. The judge's decision could impact a wave of lawsuits against tech companies challenging the use of YouTube content to train AI models.A US judge in Silicon Valley pressed Ted Entertainment and other content creators Thursday on whether their proposed class action accusing Nvidia of illegally bypassing YouTube's security protections to download material for AI training is actually about copyright infringement, rather than access and control, and should be dismissed....
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