AI · 3 Nov 2026 · 02:02 CET
Brave Faces Two Publisher Lawsuits Over AI Use of News Content
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The New York Times Company filed a federal complaint against Brave Software on November 2, 2026, alleging unauthorized copying and distribution of its journalism through Brave’s search index, AI services and browser. The publishers of the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel filed a separate complaint against Brave the same day in the Southern District of New York.
The Times alleges that Brave never obtained permission to access, copy or distribute its content and never compensated the company. Its filing identifies more than 10 million registered copyrighted works, including material from The New York Times, The Athletic, Cooking, Games and Wirecutter. The other plaintiffs are Daily News, LP; Chicago Tribune Company, LLC; and Orlando Sentinel Communications Company, LLC, whose complaint says their registered newspaper issues contain more than 2 million articles.
Both complaints quote Brave as saying its index contains more than 30 billion webpages, with millions of new pages added daily, and allege that the company has not disclosed its crawler’s name or provided a way for site owners to block that crawler specifically. Ask Brave…
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Unite.AI · 3 Nov 2026 · 02:02 CET
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