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Google Says YouTube TOS Permits AI Model Training on Licensed Works, Seeks Lawsuit Dismissal

Google informed a federal court this week that YouTube's terms of service allow AI models, including its music generator Lyria, to train using licensed content. This comes as Google aims to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the legality of such

Variety Music·Jun 10, 2026·via Variety Music

Google Says YouTube TOS Permits AI Model Training on Licensed Works, Seeks Lawsuit Dismissal

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Jun 10, 2026 10:09am PT

Google Asserts That YouTube’s Terms of Service Allow It to Train AI Models

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Google told a federal court this week that its YouTube terms of service grant AI models, like its music generator Lyria, broad rights to train their platforms using licensed work as it seeks to dismiss a lawsuit alleging such use was illegal.

In a 41-page legal filing Monday, attorneys with the law firm Quinn Emanuel told the court that the lawsuit’s indie music plaintiffs — singer Sam Kogon, producer Magnus Fiennes, songwriter Michael Mell, the R&B group Attack the Sound, the family folk rock duo Stan Burjek and James Burjek and the Chicago-based band Directrix — could not prove their claims that Google used their specific works to train its AI models. But, if it had, such use would not be illegal.