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DMCA Section 1201 Litigation Tracker
Tracking significant Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 1201 lawsuits involving data scraping, AI, and related disputes across federal courts.
For more information about the latest DMCA cases, please see our blog, DMCA Section 1201 Claims: The New Battleground for AI and Data Scraping Litigation. | As of 5/26/2026
| Case Name | Filing Date | Jurisdiction | Alleged TPMs | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concept Engineering LLC v. Pinterest, Inc. | 2021-10-19 | D. Del. | reCaptcha; disabling right-click download button | Case previously stayed pending arbitration; stay lifted 5/11/2026. Motion to dismiss pending. |
| Yout, LLC v. Recording Indus. Assoc. of Am., Inc. | 2022-10-25 | 2d Cir. | Rolling cipher | Opening brief filed 02/02/2023 seeking reversal of order granting motion to dismiss based on conclusion that Yout's platform was a circumvention tool. Hearing took place 02/05/2024. Currently under review. |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Suno, Inc. | 2024-06-24 | D. Mass. | Rolling cipher | Motion to amend complaint to add DMCA 1201(a) claim granted. |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Uncharted Labs, Inc. | 2024-06-25 | S.D.N.Y. | Rolling cipher | Complaint filed 06/25/2024. Motion to dismiss circumvention of technological measures denied 04/15/2026. |
| Ziff-Davis Inc., et al. v. OpenAI Inc., et al. | 2025-04-24 | S.D.N.Y. | Robots.txt | Motion to dismiss 1201 claim granted. |
| Justice v. Suno, Inc. | 2025-06-14 | D. Mass. | Rolling cipher, authentication protocols, digital rights management systems | Motion to dismiss DMCA claim denied 8/20/2026. Answer to amended complaint filed. Scheduling conference scheduled for 10/26/2026. |
| Justice v. Uncharted Labs, Inc. | 2025-06-16 | S.D.N.Y. | Encryption, authentication protocols, digital rights management systems | Complaint amended 10/27/2025. Motion to dismiss circumvention of technological measures denied 05/21/2026. Plaintiffs' motion for leave to file an amended complaint due 10/16/2026. Status conference set for 10/16/2026. |
| Woulard v. Uncharted Labs, Inc. | 2025-10-15 | N.D. Ill. | Rolling cipher | Motion to dismiss filed 02/06/2026, case transferred to S.D.N.Y. |
| Woulard v. Suno, Inc. | 2025-10-16 | N.D. Ill. | Rolling cipher | Complaint amended 12/08/2025. Motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or venue filed 01/13/2026 pending. |
| Reddit, Inc. v. SerpAPI LLC | 2025-10-22 | S.D.N.Y. | Google SearchGuard, registered user-identification limits, IP-rate limits, CAPTCHA, anomaly-detection tools, robots.txt, user agreement | SerpApi and Perplexity motions to dismiss 1201(a) denied and 1201(b) granted. Motion to dismiss by defendant OxyLabs pending. Motion to dismiss SerpAPI counterclaims for antitrust violations pending; discovery specific to antitrust claim stayed. |
| Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. Nvidia Corp. | 2025-11-26 | N.D. Cal. | Rolling cipher, IP-blocking, CAPTCHA proof-of-origin tokens, and short-lived, session bound URLs | Motion to dismiss amended complaint pending, fully briefed. |
| Attack the Sound LLC v. Kunlun Tech Co., LTD | 2025-12-17 | N.D. Ill. | Crytographic signature schemes, rolling ciphers, HTTPS tokening/HLS AES-128 session keying, and digital rights management systems such as Widevine, PlayReady, and FairPlay | Status report 05/21/2026. Motions to dismiss under submission. |
| Google LLC v. SerpApi, LLC | 2025-12-19 | N.D. Cal. | Google SearchGuard, robots.txt | Motion to dismiss granted with leave to amend. Motion to dismiss amended complaint fully briefed, under submission. |
| Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. ByteDance Inc. | 2025-12-23 | N.D. Cal. | Rolling cipher, IP-blocking, CAPTCHA proof-of-origin tokens, and short-lived, session bound URLs | Motion to dismiss denied. The court found Ted Entertainment alleged TPMs and circumvention in violation of 1201(a). Case management conference set for 10/21/2026. |
| Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. | 2025-12-23 | N.D. Cal. | Rolling cipher, IP-blocking, CAPTCHA proof-of-origin tokens, and short-lived, session bound URLs | Motion to dismiss amended complaint pending. Case management conference set for 11/17/2026. |
| Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. Snap Inc. | 2026-01-23 | C.D. Cal. | Rolling cipher, IP-blocking, CAPTCHA, proof-of-origin tokens, and short-lived, session bound URLs | Motion to dismiss consolidated class action complaint denied 8/19/2026. Initial case management conference set for 11/6/2026. |
| Ace Cam Inc. v. Runway AI, Inc. | 2026-02-18 | S.D.N.Y. | Rolling cipher, IP-blocking, CAPTCHA proof-of-origin tokens, and short-lived, session-bound URLs | Consolidated with Bussinessing LLC v. Runway AI, Inc., and Gardner v. Runway AI, Inc. Motion to dismiss consolidated class action complaint fully briefed, ruling pending. |
| Chmura v. Snap Inc. | 2026-02-18 | C.D. Cal. | IP-blocking | Consolidated with Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. Snap Inc. |
| Gardner v. Runway AI, Inc. | 2026-02-23 | C.D. Cal. | Rolling cipher, IP-blocking, CAPTCHA proof-of-origin tokens, and short-lived, session-bound URLs | Transferred to S.D.N.Y. and consolidated with Bussinessing LLC v. Runway AI, Inc., and Ace Cam Inc. v. Runway AI, Inc. Motion to dismiss consolidated class action complaint fully briefed, ruling pending. |
| Businessing LLC v. Runway AI, Inc. | 2026-02-27 | S.D.N.Y. | Rolling cipher, IP-blocking, CAPTCHA proof-of-origin tokens, and short-lived, session-bound URLs | Consolidated with Ace Cam Inc. v. Runway AI, Inc., and Gardner v. Runway AI, Inc. Motion to dismiss consolidated class action complaint fully briefed, ruling pending. |
| Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. Amazon.com Inc. | 2026-04-03 | W.D. Wash. | Rolling cipher, IP-blocking, CAPTCHA proof-of-origin tokens, and short-lived, session bound URLs | Motion to dismiss amended complaint pending, fully briefed. |
| Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. Apple Inc. | 2026-04-03 | N.D. Cal. | Rolling cipher, IP-blocking, CAPTCHA proof-of-origin tokens, and short-lived, session bound URLs | Motion to dismiss amended complaint pending ruling; oral argument heard October 1, 2026 and motion taken under submission. |
| Ted Entertainment, Inc. v. OpenAI Inc. | 2026-04-03 | N.D. Cal. | Rolling cipher, IP-blocking, CAPTCHA, proof-of-origin tokens, and short-lived, session bound URLs | Motion to dismiss complaint pending, fully briefed and set for hearing 12/17/2026. |
| Sony Music Entertainment et al v. Uncharted Labs, Inc. et al | 2026-07-20 | S.D.N.Y. | Terms of service, rolling cipher | Answer filed. |
| Round Hill Music LP et al v. Anthropic PBC | 2026-08-17 | N.D. Cal. | Login credentials, session tokens, paywalls, CAPTCHA, IP rate-limiting, JavaScript rendering, terms of service, robots.txt | Complaint filed. Answer due 10/26/2026. |
| Round Hill Music LP et al v. Suno, Inc. et al | 2026-08-17 | N.D. Cal. | Login credentials, session tokens, paywalls; CAPTCHA; IP rate-limiting; JavaScript rendering; terms of service; robots.txt | Complaint filed. |
| Gerencia 360 Music, Inc. v. Suno, Inc. et al | 2026-08-31 | N.D. Cal. | Login credentials, session tokens, paywalls; CAPTCHA; IP rate-limiting; JavaScript rendering; terms of service; robots.txt | Complaint filed. Case management conference set for 12/1/2026. |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. et al. v. Suno, Inc. (Second Action) | 2026-09-18 | D. Mass. | Rolling cipher | Complaint filed. No proof of service filed. |