Brave faces lawsuit over selling copyrighted articles to AI developers
The New York Times and other publishers have sued Brave for allegedly scraping copyrighted articles and selling access to major artificial intelligence developers.
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Brave, a privacy focused web browser and artificial intelligence search company based in San Francisco, is facing a copyright lawsuit in the United States. MLex reported that The New York Times and other publishers filed the legal action against the firm. [1]
According to MLex, the lawsuit accuses Brave of scraping copyrighted content to power its own search engine. The publishers also allege that Brave sold access to those copyrighted articles to major artificial intelligence developers, including Anthropic, Perplexity, and Mistral. [1]
As FTMQ SI reported earlier, public sentiment regarding artificial intelligence and copyright protections remains a major policy issue globally. A previous survey conducted by RedBridge Group found that 78 percent of Australians believe AI companies should obtain permission before using copyrighted material. [3]
In short
- The New York Times and other publishers filed a copyright lawsuit against Brave in the United States.
- Brave is accused of scraping copyrighted content to fuel its search engine.
- The lawsuit alleges Brave sold access to copyrighted articles to Anthropic, Perplexity, and Mistral.
Sources
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- [1]Brave accused in US of supplying copyrighted journalism to major AI developersMLex, 1d ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]Fox News controversies on Wikipedia
- [3]Most Australians oppose AI copyright exemptions according to ARIA survey FTMQ SI, 9d ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 3 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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