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Court allows Reddit's DMCA lawsuit against web-scraper despite Google's loss
A U.S. court has rejected SerpApi's motion to dismiss Reddit's lawsuit regarding illegal scraping of Reddit content. The court found that Reddit plausibly demonstrated that SerpApi and Perplexity AI conspired to circumvent Google's security measures to access copyrighted material. The decision comes shortly after another court rejected Google's similar case.
WHY IT MATTERS
The ruling could strengthen Reddit's position to force AI companies into licensing agreements and protects users' right to have deleted content removed from platforms like Perplexity AI. The case illustrates a central conflict between content owners and AI companies over control of data sources.
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