# Nvidia Sued for Scraping YouTube After 404 Media Investigation

Source: https://www.404media.co/nvidia-sued-for-scraping-youtube-after-404-media-investigation
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Submitted by misha on 2024-08-18 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments

## Summary

YouTube creator David Millette has filed a class action lawsuit against Nvidia over how it built training data for its "Cosmos" video model. Filed on a Wednesday, the suit claims Nvidia profited significantly from his and other creators' videos, violated California's Unfair Competition Law, and was unjustly enriched at creators' expense. The filing follows a 404 Media investigation that reported Nvidia scraped YouTube and other platforms en masse to build its AI systems. Millette also claims Nvidia broke federal labor laws by using content scraped without creators' permission.

## Article

David Millette, a YouTube creator, filed a class action lawsuit against Nvidia citing “unjust enrichment and unfair competition” for how the company built its training data for the “Cosmos” project video model.

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A YouTube creator filed a class action lawsuit against Nvidia on Wednesday, claiming that Nvidia profited significantly from his and others’ videos, violated California’s Unfair Competition Law, and unjustly enriched the company at his and other creators’ expense, after a recent 404 Media investigation revealed Nvidia scraped YouTube and other platforms en masse to build its own AI systems.

YouTuber David Millette claims that Nvidia has enriched itself unjustly and broken federal labor laws in building a new video model based on content scraped from YouTube without his or other creators’ permission.

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