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Judge denies motion to dismiss in Reddit's DMCA and copyright infringement lawsuit against Perplexity AI and SerpApi over unauthorized content scraping

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A federal judge rejected a motion to dismiss from SerpApi in Reddit's lawsuit alleging that Perplexity AI conspired with SerpApi to scrape copyrighted Reddit content without authorization. The court found Reddit had plausibly demonstrated a conspiracy, with SerpApi providing tools to circumvent access controls that Perplexity paid for. The ruling allows Reddit's DMCA claim and other copyright infringement allegations to proceed to further litigation.

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