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Lawsuits Accuse Brave Software of Illegally Plundering News Content for AI

1 report, 1 independent Updated Nov 2
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What happened

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The Daily News, The New York Times, and affiliated Tribune Publishing newspapers filed federal lawsuits in Manhattan. They accuse Brave Software of using high-tech scraping tools to illegally take exclusive news stories from their websites. The complaint alleges Brave acts as a distributor of stolen copyrighted content, selling copies to generative AI companies for training their models.

From lowellsun.com

Why it matters

Some supportBrind's analysis of the reports

The lawsuits allege Brave provides a back door circumventing paywalls for its users and AI companies. The plaintiffs claim Brave copied content from over 30 billion webpages and sold it to third parties, threatening the publishers' revenue streams.

From lowellsun.com

Who's involved

  • Brave SoftwareAmerican software company accused of illegally plundering copyrighted news stories.
  • New York TimesPlaintiff in the lawsuit, accusing Brave Software of content theft.
  • Chicago TribuneAffiliated newspaper plaintiff in the lawsuit.
  • AnthropicAI corporation accused of receiving stolen content for model training.

Who could feel it

Possible knock-on effects

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  • New York TimesSpeculative

    Revenue from paywalls could be threatened by the alleged content theft.

  • AnthropicSpeculative

    Costs for training AI models could be impacted by copyright litigation.

  • Chicago TribuneSpeculative

    Revenue from content sales could be affected by the lawsuit.

Possible ripples

Who this could reach next, traced step by step from the reporting. Possibilities worth considering, not forecasts.

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