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Google, Reddit use DMCA to fight AI web scraping

By PulseAugur Editorial · [3 sources] ·

Google and Reddit are employing unusual legal strategies, specifically the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), to combat AI web scraping of their content. Both companies have sued SerpApi, a web scraping service, alleging that it circumvents their anti-scraping technologies and improperly profits from scraped data. While legal experts find this application of the DMCA peculiar given that search results themselves are not copyrightable, they acknowledge it as a predictable response to the rapid increase in AI-driven scraping. AI

IMPACT Companies are exploring legal avenues to control AI's access to web data, potentially impacting future data licensing and scraping practices.

RANK_REASON Legal action taken by companies against a service provider, rather than a core AI model release or research.

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Google, Reddit use DMCA to fight AI web scraping

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. Ars Technica — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Ashley Belanger ·

    “Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win

    Google's and Reddit's use of DMCA to fight web scraper is bizarre, expert says.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “Google and Reddit do not own the Internet,“ web scraper says after court win Google’s and Reddit’s use of DMCA to fight web scraper is bizarre, expert says. #

    “Google and Reddit do not own the Internet,“ web scraper says after court win Google’s and Reddit’s use of DMCA to fight web scraper is bizarre, expert says. # ai # ai -scraping # ai -search-engines # copyright -act # dmca # google # perplexity # policy # reddit # search -engine …

    LINKS arstechnica.com/…/google-wont-give-up-odd…
  3. r/singularity TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/JackFisherBooks ·

    “Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1v8vmeg/google_and_reddit_do_not_own_the_internet_web/"> <img alt="“Google and Reddit do not own the Internet,&quot; web scraper says after court win" src="https://external-preview.redd.it/ptgKFpWx-fsedl9Eq_a…

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