The New York Times and other publishers have sued Brave Software in federal court, alleging the browser company illegally scrapes paywalled content and resells it to major AI firms including Anthropic, Perplexity, and Cohere for model training. The lawsuit claims Brave has earned over $100 million from this practice while providing nothing to publishers, alleging direct, contributory, and vicarious copyright infringement.
Background
Major publishers have been increasingly suing AI companies over unauthorized use of copyrighted content for training, with The New York Times now expanding that legal strategy to browser and search platform providers who act as intermediaries.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Nov 4, 2026 at 02:30 AM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10