CNN sues Perplexity over ‘verbatim’ copycat articles
The Verge
CNN has sued AI startup Perplexity, alleging the company infringes on copyrights by scraping and reproducing its content without permission or compensation.Summary
CNN has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, accusing the AI search engine of using unauthorized crawlers to scrape its original journalism. The complaint alleges that Perplexity generates verbatim copies of CNN articles and provides users with access to content protected by subscription paywalls. According to CNN, negotiations for a licensing agreement failed, and Perplexity continued to use its material despite requests to stop. CNN seeks damages and an injunction, while Perplexity maintains that the facts contained in the news reports are not subject to copyright protections.
(Source：The Verge)