Overview
- The proposed class action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by the creators behind h3h3, MrShortGame Golf, and Golfoholics, whose channels total roughly 6.2 million subscribers.
- Plaintiffs allege Snap relied on HD‑VILA‑100M and Panda‑70M video‑language datasets, then bypassed YouTube’s technical protections and terms to copy videos for AI training.
- The complaint links the training to consumer features such as Snapchat’s Imagine Lens, which lets users edit images using text prompts.
- The suit seeks statutory damages as well as a permanent injunction to halt the alleged unauthorized use going forward.
- Snap had not provided a comment at the time of reporting, and the case joins more than 70 copyright lawsuits facing AI companies with outcomes to date ranging from a Meta court win to an Anthropic settlement.