Judge Engelmayer Issues Opinion in Reddit DMCA Case Against SerpApi and Perplexity AI

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Judge Engelmayer Issues Opinion in Reddit DMCA Case Against SerpApi and Perplexity AI

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A federal judge issued an opinion in Reddit's DMCA lawsuit against SerpApi and Perplexity AI, dismissing unjust enrichment and unfair competition claims as preempted by the Copyright Act. The ruling includes a footnote on potential defenses related to Google indexing and leaves open questions about Reddit's standing under DMCA requirements. An unverified report also links the case to broader copyright concerns over AI data scraping.

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“Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive”

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Progressive

Reddit’s lawsuit represents pushback against AI firms using community content without consent or compensation, highlighting gaps in existing copyright tools for the extraction economy.

“Power imbalance between AI capital and distributed user communities”

Conservative

The case shows legacy platforms using copyright law to hinder competitors, with early setbacks indicating shaky legal ground and market skepticism toward retrofitting public data as property.

“Tension between property rights and rent-seeking by incumbents”

Libertarian

Reddit’s DMCA action attempts to restrict access to publicly visible information, with dismissals underscoring how such laws serve gatekeepers over open innovation and voluntary use of crawlable data.

“Overreach of government-backed monopolies on information”

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All views overlook the narrow statutory question of Reddit’s Google authorization and standing, allowing policy debates to bypass the procedural facts that could decide the case.

“Shared omission of discovery on technological protection measures and selective enforcement history”

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