New York Times and Other Publishers Sue Brave for Scraping Content and Bypassing Paywalls
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On November 3, 2026, The New York Times, together with publishers including the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Orlando Sentinel, sued browser company Brave Software in federal court in Manhattan. The plaintiffs accuse Brave of scraping website content without authorization to build indexes and providing paywalled access to AI companies for model training or query responses, with customers including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere. The publishers also allege that the Brave browser allows users to bypass publishers' paywalls without compensating them. As of current reports, the case is still in its early stages, with no response from Brave or court ruling yet.
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- TechCrunch · AINew York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping
The New York Times has sued privacy browser company Brave in federal court in Manhattan, accusing it of scraping copyrighted content and distributing it to clients including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere.
- The Verge · AIThe New York Times sues Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls
The New York Times and publishers including the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel have sued Brave Software, alleging it scraped website content without authorization to build an index and sold paid access to AI companies for training models or answering queries, involving Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, Cohere and others; the plaintiffs also allege the Brave browser lets users bypass publishers' paywalls without compensation.
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