Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive
Summary
A judge denied a request to dismiss a lawsuit where Reddit accuses SerpApi and Perplexity AI of illegally scraping Reddit content from Google search results. The court said Reddit has reasonably argued that SerpApi and Perplexity AI worked together to bypass Google's protections to access and use Reddit content without permission.Key Facts
- Reddit sued SerpApi and Perplexity AI for scraping copyrighted Reddit content by bypassing Google’s access controls.
- US District Judge Paul Engelmayer refused to dismiss Reddit’s case at this early stage.
- Reddit claims its licensing deal with Google bans certain uses of its data, like showing posts users have deleted.
- Reddit says millions of posts are deleted each month, and unauthorized scraping hinders Reddit’s ability to honor these removals.
- Google previously lost a similar lawsuit because it couldn’t prove Reddit asked it to block scraping of protected content.
- Judge Engelmayer said it’s not practical to update licensing agreements every time new security methods are created.
- Reddit wants court orders to block SerpApi and Perplexity AI from accessing Reddit and Google sites and from using previously scraped data.
- Reddit aims to hold data scrapers accountable and protect user content and the site’s reputation.
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