--- title: YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in... description: YouTubers with 6.2 million collective subscribers filed a class action lawsuit against Snap for allegedly using their video content without permission to train... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/youtubers-sue-snap-for-alleged-copyright-infringement-in-training-its-ai-models-lvyos0mne twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models | daily.dev og:description: YouTubers with 6.2 million collective subscribers filed a class action lawsuit against Snap for allegedly using their video content without permission to train... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/youtubers-sue-snap-for-alleged-copyright-infringement-in-training-its-ai-models-lvyos0mne og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LVYos0Mne.png og:image:alt: YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary YouTubers with 6.2 million collective subscribers filed a class action lawsuit against Snap for allegedly using their video content without permission to train AI models. The plaintiffs claim Snap used academic research datasets like HD-VILA-100M for commercial purposes, bypassing YouTube's terms of service and technological restrictions. This lawsuit joins similar cases against Nvidia, Meta, and ByteDance, part of over 70 copyright infringement cases filed against AI companies, with mixed outcomes ranging from dismissals to settlements. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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