The infamous DLSS 5 teaser trailer from NVIDIA has now been taken down on YouTube.
NVIDIA's 'DLSS 5' AI Trailer Now Taken Down on YouTube
The craziest thing ever happened on YouTube.
— NikTek (@NikTek) April 5, 2026
La7, an Italian television channel has used footage from Nvidia DLSS 5 Trailer and then sent a copyright strike to every YouTube video that supposedly used “their footage”, including Nvidia themselves.
Nvidia’s own DLSS 5… pic.twitter.com/o8NONgc5iu
As discovered by gaming content creator NikTek (via X), NVIDIA's controversial "DLSS 5" announcement is no longer available on YouTube.
Interestingly, there is a notice appearing atop a black screen saying that "La7" has blocked the trailer on copyright grounds.
Since its controversial release several weeks ago, the trailer had already accumulated 2.3 million views before this copyright takedown. This adds another controversy to NVIDIA's technology that was first unveiled in March and already drew heavy backlash from the industry.
The "DLSS 5" trailer revealed how the technology upscales titles like "Resident Evil Requiem" and "Hogwarts Legacy," with NVIDIA positioning it as an "AI-powered breakthrough in visual fidelity."
That said, many fans who saw the trailer called it "AI slop" because of how it changed the characters in the game, making them look significantly different from their original art styles.
What is the 'NVIDIA DLSS 5' Trailer's Violation?
According to GameRant, the takedown had nothing to do with NVIDIA violating AI use policies on YouTube. NikTek said that La7 used a portion of NVIDIA's trailer to be featured on one of their news report, but the company also filed a copyright claim against "every" video that used the same footage, including its original uploader.
It was reported that an employee of the Italian television network sent out a mass DMCA complaint, and then YouTube's AI moderators stepped in and took down every other video that had the same content without any human review.
The TeamYouTube account responded, saying copyright owners who repeatedly make erroneous Content ID claims can have their Content ID access disabled and their partnership with YouTube terminated. Some creators then went on to talk about how these copyright strikes are being abused on YouTube.
The said video on NVIDIA GeForce's YouTube channel remains unavailable in select regions, but for some, the "La7" notice is no longer blocking it from playing.
