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New York Times and other publishers sue Brave Software over AI scraping and paywall bypass

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Source: The VergeAlso reported by Ars Technica

The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against Brave Software, as reported by Reuters and The Verge on 2 November 2026. A complaint filed by the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune and the Orlando Sentinel alleges Brave scraped copyrighted content and sold AI companies including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI and Cohere paid access to it through the Brave Index. It also alleges Brave lets users bypass publisher paywalls without consent or compensation. Brave had not replied to a request for comment.

Why it matters

The New York Times says it filed the lawsuit to hold Brave accountable for using its content to power Brave’s products and for providing it to generative AI companies.

When
2 Nov 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0625
Who
The New York Times, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Brave Software, Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, Cohere

Summary written with AI by wheresthe.ai, from The Verge and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 2 Nov 2026.

Read the original at The Verge

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Next stop on this Storyline: What happened nextAnthropic signs its first content licensing deal, with the Associated Press

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WTA-N-2026-0625: “New York Times and other publishers sue Brave Software over AI scraping and paywall bypass.” wheresthe.ai, 2 Nov 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-new-york-times-and-other-publishers-sue-brave-software-ov-2026-11/ (source: The Verge).

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