A U.S. court has issued a ruling that could have serious implications for the YouTube "reaction" videos created with stream-ripping tools.

1 day ago · A federal court ruling establishes that circumventing YouTube's technological protections to download videos violates the DMCA, marking a significant expansion of ...

1 day ago · A federal court in California has ruled that YouTube creators who use stream-ripping tools to download clips for reaction and commentary videos may face

2 days ago · Court Rules That Ripping YouTube Clips Can Violate the DMCA (torrentfreak.com) 31 Posted by msmash on Thursday February 05, 2026 @06:30PM from the react-to-this-lawsuit dept.

More particularly, Defendant’s conduct violates the provisions of the DMCA regarding anti-circumvention (§1201) by bypassing technological protection measures that control access to and copying of …

3 days ago · Someone stole your content? Learn what counts as copyright infringement, how to file a DMCA takedown, and how to protect your work.

2 days ago · ‘Ripping’ Clips for YouTube Reaction Videos can Violate the DMCA, Court Rules today by Ernesto Van der Sar A California federal court has issued a ruling that could have serious …