Apple says plaintiffs have ultimately failed to state a claim

Jul 03, 2026

12:10 pm

What's the storyApple has responded to a class-action lawsuit filed by three popular YouTube channels, a court document viewed by MacRumors reveals.

The lawsuit, which was filed in April, accuses Apple of violating the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by illegally scraping millions of copyrighted videos from YouTube for training its artificial intelligence (AI) models.