GoKawiilNYT and other publishers sue Brave over paywall bypass and AI content deals
The New York Times and other newspaper publishers filed suit against Brave Software in federal court in New York, alleging the browser company scrapes copyrighted articles, bypasses paywalls, and resells the content through its search index and API to AI firms including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI and Cohere. The complaint estimates Brave has earned over $100 million from this activity while publishers received no compensation, and it alleges direct, contributory and vicarious copyright infringement plus DMCA violations for circumventing paywall protections.