12:42Machine-translated from Azerbaijani by AIRead in Azerbaijani
Publishers sue Brave over unauthorized collection of articles
On Monday, 2 separate lawsuits were filed in Manhattan federal court against the company behind the “Brave” browser. A major newspaper and 3 regional publishing companies accuse “Brave” of collecting copyrighted articles without permission. According to the plaintiffs, those articles were used to train artificial intelligence systems. They also say the browser bypassed paywalls protecting paid articles.
The lawsuits say that “Brave” created an index of more than 30 billion web pages using an unidentified bot. Because the publishers could not identify the bot, they were unable to block it from accessing their websites. The company is said to sell paid, real-time access to online content through “Brave Index.” Customers allegedly use this data to train artificial intelligence models and answer users’ questions. According to the complaint, copyrighted materials were provided by “Brave” to numerous artificial intelligence companies, including “Anthropic,” “Perplexity,” “Mistral,” “xAI,” and “Cohere.” The plaintiffs say they never authorized access to their websites or the copying and distribution of their materials. They say “Brave” did not pay the publishers for using this content. The court documents also separately highlight the browser’s circumvention of restrictions on paid articles. The plaintiffs say that “Brave” advertises that it unlocks paid articles from hundreds of leading publishers. The company is also accused of blocking publishers’ advertisements and displaying its own ads instead. According to the complainants, “Brave” also bypassed measures taken by the websites to prevent access. The plaintiffs are asking the court to stop these practices and award compensation for the damages caused. Founded in 2015, “Brave” has raised approximately 250 million dollars (approximately 425 million manats) in investment to date. The lead plaintiff previously sued “OpenAI” and “Perplexity” for similar reasons. “Brave,” “Anthropic,” “Mistral,” “xAI,” and “Cohere” have not yet commented. “Perplexity” called the lawsuit disinformation.
The lawsuits say that “Brave” created an index of more than 30 billion web pages using an unidentified bot. Because the publishers could not identify the bot, they were unable to block it from accessing their websites. The company is said to sell paid, real-time access to online content through “Brave Index.” Customers allegedly use this data to train artificial intelligence models and answer users’ questions. According to the complaint, copyrighted materials were provided by “Brave” to numerous artificial intelligence companies, including “Anthropic,” “Perplexity,” “Mistral,” “xAI,” and “Cohere.” The plaintiffs say they never authorized access to their websites or the copying and distribution of their materials. They say “Brave” did not pay the publishers for using this content. The court documents also separately highlight the browser’s circumvention of restrictions on paid articles. The plaintiffs say that “Brave” advertises that it unlocks paid articles from hundreds of leading publishers. The company is also accused of blocking publishers’ advertisements and displaying its own ads instead. According to the complainants, “Brave” also bypassed measures taken by the websites to prevent access. The plaintiffs are asking the court to stop these practices and award compensation for the damages caused. Founded in 2015, “Brave” has raised approximately 250 million dollars (approximately 425 million manats) in investment to date. The lead plaintiff previously sued “OpenAI” and “Perplexity” for similar reasons. “Brave,” “Anthropic,” “Mistral,” “xAI,” and “Cohere” have not yet commented. “Perplexity” called the lawsuit disinformation.