Summary
Businessing LLC sued Runway AI, Inc., alleging the company bypassed YouTube's protective measures to access and use the plaintiff's video content for training AI models without permission.[1][3] The case asserts DMCA anti-circumvention violations under Section 1201 and was filed February 27, 2026, in the Southern District of New York, with a statement of relatedness to Ace Cam v. Runway AI assigned to Judge Lewis Kaplan.[1][7] It marks Runway AI's fourth copyright lawsuit, three involving similar DMCA claims over YouTube videos, contributing to 86 total U.S. copyright suits against AI companies.[1]
Case details
- Court
- SDNY
- Docket number
- 1:26-cv-01655
- Filed
- Feb 27, 2026
- Status
- Active
This case was added to AI Lawsuit Tracker via our automated docket monitoring. Multiple verification gates and an LLM relevance check confirmed it as AI/ML-related before publishing. How we keep it accurate →
Spotted an error? corrections@ailawsuittracker.com