New York Times and three publishers sue Brave

The New York Times and the publishers of the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel have filed two federal lawsuits against Brave Software, alleging the browser company copied and distributed their journalism without permission, including to companies developing artificial intelligence systems. The cases were filed separately in federal court in Manhattan. The Times complaint alleges Brave scraped its copyrighted material and provided it to AI companies. The three-publisher complaint makes similar claims and says Brave made their articles available to AI companies through its index. The allegations have not been decided by a court. The three publishers also allege that Brave’s Paywall blocker lets users access subscription content without logging in. Their complaint says the browser’s practices allowed it to use their work without permission or compensation. The publishers further challenge Brave’s handling of advertising, alleging that the browser blocks publishers’ ads by default while allowing Brave to sell its own. The complaints focus on the Brave Index, which the publishers describe as a collection of more than 30 billion webpages. They allege Brave...