Twitch And Amazon Hit With Lawsuit for Training AI With Streamers' Content (engadget.com)
(Sunday August 23, 2026 @10:31PM (EditorDavid)
from the making-me-Twitch dept.)
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/2127238/twitch-and-amazon-hit-with-lawsuit-for-training-ai-with-streamers-content
- Source link: https://www.engadget.com/2242283/twitch-amazon-hit-with-lawsuit-for-training-ai-with-streamers-content/
A class action filed this week accused Amazon's Twitch gaming service of [1]using video streams to fuel its AI products without licensing or obtaining permission, reports Engadget:
> Earlier this month, Twitch Support [2]posted on X that it added an option to opt out of "having your channel content used to train generative AI content models across Amazon." Shortly after, Twitch hosted an episode of its recurring Patch Notes stream where Mike Minton, the company's chief product officer, said "if it was opt-in, nobody would opt in," when asked by a viewer why the Twitch settings for AI training aren't opt-in but instead enabled by default, requiring users to opt out if they don't want to participate. Now, the latest class action lawsuit claims that Twitch and Amazon committed a breach of contract when the companies decided to use its streamers as "free training stock for separate commercial AI products."
[1] https://www.engadget.com/2242283/twitch-amazon-hit-with-lawsuit-for-training-ai-with-streamers-content/
[2] https://x.com/TwitchSupport/status/2087572924450455558
> Earlier this month, Twitch Support [2]posted on X that it added an option to opt out of "having your channel content used to train generative AI content models across Amazon." Shortly after, Twitch hosted an episode of its recurring Patch Notes stream where Mike Minton, the company's chief product officer, said "if it was opt-in, nobody would opt in," when asked by a viewer why the Twitch settings for AI training aren't opt-in but instead enabled by default, requiring users to opt out if they don't want to participate. Now, the latest class action lawsuit claims that Twitch and Amazon committed a breach of contract when the companies decided to use its streamers as "free training stock for separate commercial AI products."
[1] https://www.engadget.com/2242283/twitch-amazon-hit-with-lawsuit-for-training-ai-with-streamers-content/
[2] https://x.com/TwitchSupport/status/2087572924450455558
UBI (Score:3)
by backslashdot ( 95548 )
UBI is like reparations from the robots and AI.
Did they read the rules? (Score:4, Insightful)
by Valgrus Thunderaxe ( 8769977 )
All these plaintiffs agreed anything they upload belong to Amazon. Now they have buyer's remorse.
Licenses are not ownership. (Score:2)
by Looce ( 1062620 ) *
Belong? No. Twitch (Amazon) gets a license to the content. Here's what they think gives them the right to do this:
> (i) Unless otherwise agreed to in a written agreement between you and Twitch that was signed by an authorized representative of Twitch, if you submit, transmit, display, perform, post, or store User Content using the Twitch Services, you grant Twitch and its sub-licensees, to the furthest extent and for the maximum duration permitted by applicable law (including in perpetuity if permitted under
Did the read the TOS? (Score:3)
Something tells me that if you post something to those video channels, they already get a ton of rights to the content itself. Maybe these content creators thought it was just free hosting? Seems naive.
Re: Did the read the TOS? (Score:2)
Opt-out alternative instead of opt-in is illegal in some places.
Re: (Score:3)
Um, they explicitly opted-in when they decided to create an account. Nobody has to do that, but they chose to, presumably of their own free will.
Re: (Score:2)
"wOnT sOmEbOdY, pLeAsE tHiNk Of tHe OlIGaRcHs MoNoPoLiStIc PrAcTiCeS?"