New York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping
TechCrunch • 11/2/2026 – 11/3/2026
Summary
The New York Times is suing the web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping its copyrighted content. The lawsuit claims that Brave unlawfully distributed this content to its customers, including Anthropic and Perplexity.
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