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Ambiguity around copyright laws and AI web crawlers complicate matters

News outlets are accusing Perplexity of plagiarism and unethical web scraping | TechCrunch

News outlets are accusing Perplexity of plagiarism and unethical web scraping | TechCrunch

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Andrew Tookey

Ex-Amazon | Brand Launch and Growth Expert | Co-Founder @ iDerive

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Perplexity defends its actions by saying that summarizing requested URLs is different from indiscriminate web scraping, likening it to standard journalistic practices. This controversy highlights the blurred lines between fair use, web crawling, and summarization in the AI era. It raises important questions about intellectual property rights, fair use, and the ethics of AI-driven content aggregation. So much change in this rapidly evolving landscape!

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It's a wonder robots.txt held the crawlers this long.

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Louise Thompson

Commercial contracts and data protection law - Trethowans LLP. Key contact for The Forum - Trethowans’ in-house counsel community.

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