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Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue Perplexity AI

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Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. and its subsidiary Merriam-Webster Inc., have filed with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York a copyright infringement lawsuit against San Francisco-based startup Perplexity AI. They are seeking damages, injunctive relief and attorneys’ costs.
They accuse Perplexity’s answer engine of "free rides" by using content generated by the two publishing houses and "cannibalising traffic" to&nb...

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Disney, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery sue China’s AI platform MiniMax

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The Walt Disney Co, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros Discovery have filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California a joint copyright infringement lawsuit against Chinese platform MiniMax, a division of Shanghai Xiyu Jizhi Technology and an artificial intelligence company which developed image- and video-generating service Hailuo AI, marketed as a "Hollywood studio in your pocket."
"MiniMax completely disregards US copyright law and treats Plaintiffs’ valuable copyrighted chara...

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Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI for engaging in unfair competition

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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI ​and social network X's parent XCorp have sued Apple and ChatGPT ​p​arent OpenAI in ​the US ​Federal ​Court ​f​or the Northern District of Texas, accusing the​ two companies of ​having "locked up markets to maintain their monopolies and prevent innovators like X and xAI from competing​."
The filing states that Apple and OpenAI have violated several sections of the Sherman act, ​in particular by harming competition through the exclusive agreement, ...

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New York District Court rejects Perplexity AI’s motion to dismiss in News Corp’s copyright infringement case

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The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied a motion to dismiss filed by Perplexity AI in the legal case brought by News Corp's Dow Jones and the New York Post against the generative artificial intelligence startup.
The two News Corp companies sued San Francisco-based Perplexity AI in November 2024, alleging in the suit that Defendant violated copyright law in three distinct ways: i), By “copying a massive amount of Plaintiffs’  copyrighted works as inputs into its RAG...

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