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Sustained YouTube scraping claim in US a boost for creators; questions remain

By Emma Whitford ( April 15, 2026, 21:44 GMT | Comment) -- Artificial intelligence music generator Udio failed Wednesday to shrug off a claim that its YouTube scraping for AI training violates the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act — an encouraging sign for content creators. But Sony, the record label suing Udio, still faces hurdles, as it awaits an appellate decision that could help settle whether DMCA circumvention claims are viable in the web-scraping context. Artificial intelligence music generator Udio failed Wednesday to shrug off a claim that its YouTube scraping violates the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act — an encouraging sign for musicians, record labels and online creators as well as platforms that are increasingly invoking the statute to challenge unlicensed AI training....

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