The New York Times sues Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/the-new-york-times-sues-brave-web-browser-for-ai-scraping-and-bypassing-paywallsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. New York Times and other publishers sue Brave over AI scrapinghttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/the-new-york-times-sues-brave-web-browser-for-ai-scraping-and-bypassing-paywallshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/the-new-york-times-sues-brave-web-browser-for-ai-scraping-and-bypassing-paywalls#u178901Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:16:34 +0000The New York Times, Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Orlando Sentinel have filed lawsuits against Brave Software. The publishers allege the browser company illegally scraped copyrighted content to train AI and enabled users to bypass paywalls. The lawsuits claim Brave distributed this scraped data to AI companies, including Anthropic and Perplexity, through an API and search index. These legal actions target Brave for copyright infringement and the circumvention of access controls intended to protect paid journalism.Why it mattersThis litigation tests US copyright rules regarding how AI compan