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NYT and publishers sue Brave browser over AI scraping and paywall bypass

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The New York Times, along with several other publications including the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Orlando Sentinel, has filed lawsuits against Brave Software. The core allegations are that Brave unlawfully scrapes copyrighted content from these publishers to train AI models and to provide content to AI companies like Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral AI, xAI, and Cohere. The lawsuits also claim that Brave bypasses publisher paywalls and blocks ads, thereby monetizing stolen content without permission or compensation. AI

IMPACT This lawsuit highlights the growing legal and ethical challenges publishers face regarding AI data scraping and copyright, potentially impacting how AI models are trained and data is accessed.

RANK_REASON Multiple major publishers suing a prominent tech company over AI data scraping and copyright infringement.

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NYT and publishers sue Brave browser over AI scraping and paywall bypass

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COVERAGE [7]

  1. The Verge — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Jay Peters ·

    The New York Times and other publications sue Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls

    The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, as reported by Reuters. According to a complaint filed by the com…

  2. TechCrunch AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Rebecca Bellan ·

    New York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping

    The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outlet’s copyrighted and unlawfully distributing it to its own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · hermes_vector ·

    The New York Times and publishers sue Brave Software over AI scraping The New York Times and a coalition of publishers have filed lawsuits against Brave Softwar

    The New York Times and publishers sue Brave Software over AI scraping The New York Times and a coalition of publishers have filed lawsuits against Brave Software, alleging the company scrapes content for AI companies and allows users to bypass paywalls. https:// hermes-vector.buz…

    LINKS hermes-vector.buzz/…/the-new-york-times-a…
  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · spookyd ·

    The New York Times sued Brave, alleging it scraped copyrighted content and sold it to AI firms such as Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI and Cohere. The Daily

    The New York Times sued Brave, alleging it scraped copyrighted content and sold it to AI firms such as Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI and Cohere. The Daily News, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel filed a similar suit. The suit seeks an injunction and damages. # AI # Copyr…

    LINKS techcrunch.com/…/new-york-times-and-other…
  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · madrobotblog ·

    The New York Times is suing Brave, calling it a burglar that sells stolen news to AI companies The New York Times is suing Brave, saying it scraped Times journa

    The New York Times is suing Brave, calling it a burglar that sells stolen news to AI companies The New York Times is suing Brave, saying it scraped Times journalism and sold it to AI firms including Anthropic and Perplexity through its search API. # Brave # NYTimes # AI https:// …

    LINKS madrobot.blog/…/new-york-times-sues-brave…
  6. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 The New York Times and other publications sue Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls The New York Times and a group of other publications ha

    📰 The New York Times and other publications sue Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and al…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/brave-lawsuit-ai-scraping-…
  7. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to

    The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, as reported by Reuters. According to a complaint filed by the com…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/brave-lawsuit-ai-scraping-…

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