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Reddit pursues DMCA lawsuit against web scraper and Perplexity AI

Reddit is continuing its lawsuit against a web scraping company, despite a recent legal setback where Google lost a similar case. The social media platform alleges that Perplexity AI conspired with the web scraper, accusing them of infringing on its content rights. This legal battle centers around the unauthorized scraping of Reddit's data for AI training purposes. AI

IMPACT This lawsuit highlights ongoing legal challenges for AI companies regarding data scraping and copyright, potentially impacting how AI models are trained.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses an ongoing legal dispute involving a platform and a web scraper, which falls under the 'tool' category for legal actions.

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Reddit pursues DMCA lawsuit against web scraper and Perplexity AI

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

    Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive

    Reddit advances lawsuit accusing Perplexity AI of conspiring with web scraper.

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Reddit keeps weird DMCA lawsuit against web scraper alive despite Google’s loss Reddit advances lawsuit accusing Perplexity AI of conspiring with web scraper.

    📰 Reddit keeps weird DMCA lawsuit against web scraper alive despite Google’s loss Reddit advances lawsuit accusing Perplexity AI of conspiring with web scraper. 📰 Source: Ars Technica 🔗 Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/reddit-keeps-weird-dmca-lawsuit-against-web-…

  3. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Reddit keeps weird DMCA lawsuit against web scraper alive despite Google's loss https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/reddit-keeps-weird-dmca-lawsuit-agai

    Reddit keeps weird DMCA lawsuit against web scraper alive despite Google's loss https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/reddit-keeps-weird-dmca-lawsuit-against-web-scraper-alive-despite-googles-loss/ # Tech # Law # AI