Reddit Calls Anthropic a 'Freeriding Pirate' and Cites Ruling Behind $1.5B Settlement
The July 17th opposition says Anthropic scraped Reddit's own User Agreement and invokes the Bartz decision's distinction between fair-use training and unlawful acquisition.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: reuters.com
Why it matters
The filing shows AI developers can be held accountable not only for how they use scraped data but also for how they acquire it, signaling that court‑approved piracy settlements may become a template for future AI‑training lawsuits.
Reddit is using the court ruling behind Anthropic's $1.5 billion book-piracy settlement to fight the AI company's attempt to dismiss a separate lawsuit over its alleged scraping of Reddit.
Reddit's July 17th opposition to Anthropic's demurrer labels the AI startup a "freeriding pirate" and argues that Anthropic cannot deem Reddit's User Agreement unenforceable after allegedly scraping that agreement. The filing, made in San Francisco Superior Court (case CGC-25-625892), asks Judge Joseph M. Quinn to reject Anthropic's request to dismiss the state-law claims before discovery.…
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