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.
New York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping
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The New York Times and other outlets sued Brave, alleging it scraped content and distributed it to AI companies.
- The New York Times sued Brave for scraping copyrighted content and distributing it to AI companies.
- Other outlets like the Daily News and Chicago Tribune also filed similar lawsuits in Manhattan federal court.
- Brave is accused of acting as a 'fence' for stolen content and bypassing paywalls and ads.
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