Reddit Keeps Its Strange DMCA Fight over Google Search Results Alive

Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive

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

Perplexity AI loses bid to toss Reddit lawsuit over data scraping

Reddit's DMCA Claims Against Perplexity, SerpApi Survive AI Scraping Challenge

A Manhattan federal judge allowed Reddit, represented by Bartlit Beck and Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch, to proceed with core DMCA claims against SerpApi, represented by Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Perplexity, represented by Keker, Van Nest & Peters and N. Read & Co., over alleged circumvention of Google’s anti-bot protections to obtain Reddit content at scale.

SerpApi’s Motion to Dismiss Reddit Lawsuit Fails – Pixel Envy

Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica: According to [Judge] Engelmayer, it would be impractical to expect partners to update licensing deals every time a company rolls out new security methods. Additionally, Engelmayer found that “the Google Decision is not to the contrary” of Reddit’s case because, unlike Google, Reddit went “beyond the bare allegation” that Google used to broadly claim that it generally “has licenses to display copyrighted content.” …

Reddit lawsuit against SerpApi survives dismissal motion

Reddit's legal win could strengthen its position in data licensing, impacting AI firms' access to user-generated content and future negotiations. The post Reddit lawsuit against SerpApi survives dismissal motion appeared first on Crypto Briefing.