The New York Times Sues Brave Web Browser For AI Scraping, Bypassing Paywalls
The New York Times and several other publishers have sued (PDF) Brave Software, accusing the browser maker of scraping their websites without permission and helping users bypass paywalls. The Verge reports: According to a complaint (PDF) filed by the companies that run New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Orlando Sentinel, Brave Software has monetized its index of scraped websites…
The New York Times and multiple other news organizations have filed a lawsuit against Brave Software, alleging that the browser company unlawfully scraped their websites and supplied the stolen content to artificial intelligence firms. The lawsuit, filed on PDF documents, alleges that Brave Software has monetized its database of scraped web pages by providing real-time online content to AI companies for training their models, responding to user queries, or both.
These AI companies reportedly include Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere. Brave Software has allegedly provided stolen copyrighted material to these AI firms without obtaining permission from the publishers. The complaint states that Brave Software never sought authorization from publishers to access their websites or copy their material and distribute it to users or other AI companies, despite allowing its users to bypass publishers' paywalls without consent.
The New York Times' spokesperson expressed the publication's belief in responsible AI development, while criticizing Brave Software for violating copyright law and ignoring repeated warnings to cease the infringing activities.
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