The New York Times and other newspapers sue Brave, demanding it disable paywall bypass feature and end cooperation with AI companies
The New York Times and other newspaper companies sued Brave Software yesterday, alleging that the browser maker illegally bypasses paywalls and sells stolen news content to AI companies. The complaint states that AI companies pay Brave to provide real-time online content from the Brave search index for training models or responding to user queries. The complaint also cites Brave's official website, stating that the Brave Search API is used by AI companies such as Cohere, Mistral, Perplexity, and You.com.
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The lawsuit places the browser's paywall bypass and the sale of content to AI companies under the same cause of action, offering a window into new directions in news copyright disputes.
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The New York Times and other newspaper companies sued Brave Software yesterday, alleging that the browser maker illegally bypasses paywalls and sells stolen news content to AI companies.
The lawsuit said, "AI companies pay Brave to provide them with real-time online content from the Brave search index [and use that content] to train their own AI models, or to access content they use to respond to specific user queries... or both." The NYT lawsuit points to Brave's website, which says the Brave Search API is "used by some of the biggest names in AI, including Cohere, Mistral, Perplexity, and You.com."
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